text to speech in Captivate not working.

[tyrones6486757]

So I am trying text to speech for the first time and I have tried using vtml code to make the speech sound a tad lees crap.

However text to speech is just reading out anything I try and do so it actually reads out "comma comma" when I enter ',,', and if I put in a <vtml..... code it reads out "vtml_break level" etc etc.

I have to say that I am more than a little concerned how bad this functionality is for a non free software package.

Maybe Im doing something wrong so any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Paul Wilson CTDP]

What voice are you using, and can you copy and paste an example of how you are using the VTML code?

[tyrones6486757]

Ive been using Daniel and I have been using the vtml as follows:

[Paul Wilson CTDP]

I don't have Daniel. Did he come with Captivate or was that voice installed on your system, to begin with? VTML is a propriety mark up language for Neospeech voices and won't work with other text to speech voices. For example, I also have Microsoft Zira which came with Windows 10. VTML won't work with that voice. Only the voices from Neospeech.

[tyrones6486757]

Cheers Paul, I dpnt suppose you know which names belong to that Neospeech voice group?

Cheers

[Paul Wilson CTDP]

Yup. They are...

• Bridget (English)
• Chloe (French)
• James (English)
• Julie (English)
• Kate (English)
• Paul (English)
• Yumi (Korean)

[tyrones6486757]

Cheers Paul, much appreciated.

[rebeccat18114299]

I was looking for an answer to the same problem. I use "Paul" from Neospeech, and it still reads out the VTML code for certain situations.  The vtml_pause always seems to work well.  However, I wanted to use the vtml_partofsp for the word, "separate". while the code used the correct form when specified, "Paul" read the code as well. Here's the code:

There are four <vtml_pause time="100"/> new versions of the advance letter for Condition 3 cases. You need to keep these <vtml_partofsp="modifier"> separate </vtml_partofsp> from your Condition 1 or 2 materials.

Do only some of the vtml tas work for certain voices?

[Maria29395918b1sh]

I am running into the same situation. Using Kate voice, the pause, break and part-of-speech vtml work fine, but speed does not. Instead, the vtml code is read aloud as text. Any solution to this? 

[Lilybiri]

This is a thread from 2020. Can you please specify exactly which version you are using now? You find the full version number under Help, About Captivate.