Adobe Captivate: Reuse Text to Speech
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
MAY 10, 2012
The Adobe Captivate BLOG features a video that goes into Captivate's Text to Speech feature and how to reuse audio files in multiple projects. Read more.
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Text-to-Speech Functionality in Captivate
Integrated Learnings
APRIL 11, 2011
Many eLearning development tools allow you to easily record narration with your content, including Adobe Presenter and Adobe Captivate. Adobe Captivate includes a text-to-speech function that allows seamless narration without having to do any recording. Text-to-Speech Challenges.
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Download Adobe Captivate Example Courses
eLearning Brothers
AUGUST 7, 2014
Elearning developers need ways to optimize Adobe Captivate, and get more creative inspiration. So, where can you go to get Captivate example courses with source files to download? The Adobe Captivate blog is the place go. So, why not try downloading these Captivate example courses and start learning.
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Captivate 8: Working with Text-to-Speech and Voices
eLearning Brothers
JUNE 22, 2015
Guest blog post by Erik Lord. An earlier post on this blog offers Adobe Captivate Example Courses for download. Toward the end of that post is a quick mention and “how to” on Captivate’s text-to-speech functionality. From the resulting dialog, select the Text-to-Speech button.
Text-to-Speech Overview and NLP Quality
Tony Karrer
JUNE 8, 2010
As you know, Text-to-Speech is something that's very interesting to me and Joel knows a lot about it as CEO of Tuval Software Industries maker of Speech-Over Professional. This software adds text-to-speech voice narration to PowerPoint presentations and is used for training and eLearning at major corporations.
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Tony Karrer
JULY 27, 2010
This is third post in a series on Text-to-Speech for eLearning written by Dr. Joel Harband and edited by me (which turns out to be a great way to learn). In this post we will begin to address the practical side of the subject: How can e-learning developers use Text-to-Speech (TTS) voices to narrate their courses?
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Text-to-Speech Costs – Licensing and Pricing
Tony Karrer
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
This post is part of the series on Text-to-Speech (TTS) for eLearning written by Dr. Joel Harband and edited by me. Text-to-Speech Examples In this post, we will look more closely at costs of Text-to-Speech and issues around TTS Voice Licensing and Pricing. In some cases, there will be use of other models.
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Installing Text To Speech voices in Captivate 5 for Mac
Adobe Captivate
JULY 12, 2010
We’ve had several queries on our Forums on installing the new and text-to-speech voices. Smitha, our documentation lead, has written a detailed blog post on the steps to be followed for downloading and installing the text to speech voices in Captivate (both NeoSpeech and Loquendo voices are covered).
#SmarteLearning with the 2017 Release of Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate
JANUARY 10, 2018
With Adobe Captivate , put your tool to work! Add an audio track with text-to-speech conversion. Sweat assets you already own – roundtrip seamlessly with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and more in Adobe Creative Cloud. Experience Adobe Captivate! Intelligent Authoring.
Editing Text to speech text for Loquendo voices in Captivate 5
Adobe Captivate
AUGUST 6, 2010
Through my previous blog series on text-to-speech, you have learnt about: The different text-to-speech voices in Adobe Captivate 5 (NeoSpeech and Loquendo). Tweaking the pronunciation of text generated using NeoSpeech voices. Text interpretation. Prosodic controls. Sound effects.
Suggestions for optimal use of the Text to speech engine
Adobe Captivate
JULY 29, 2010
Captivate 4 introduced text to speech (TTS) technology in Rapid eLearning authoring. Given the adoption and feedback, in Captivate 5 we’ve introduced more voices. There were a couple of blog posts last year on tweaking the Captivate 4 voices ( VTML tags , User dictionary ). Avoid ambiguities.
NeoSpeech language support in Captivate
Adobe Captivate
JULY 20, 2017
Adobe Captivate supports text-to-speech via NeoSpeech. Text-to-speech, simply put, is a process that converts any text into a spoken output. In Captivate, you can include intonations, inflections, pauses, etc. in your speech output. The following speech agents are available: Bridget.
Adobe has posted a demo of Text to Speech in Captivate 4
Steve Howard
JANUARY 28, 2009
If you’ve been following the flurry of blog posts and news recently, you’ll know that Adobe Captivate 4 was released last week. One of the great new features is a text to speech engine that lets you generate speech from your closed caption text. Adobe Captivate 4 Text to Speech demo.
Seven Things I Learned This Year
Tony Karrer
DECEMBER 14, 2010
Over the past few years, I spend part of December going back through my blog to recap a bit of what some of the key things I’ve learned over the course of the year. Joel Harband wrote a series of articles for my blog on Text-to-Speech in eLearning. And every year I use this as a Big Question – see: Learning 2010.
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The 10 Best eLearning Authoring Tools for 2022
learnWorlds
JULY 14, 2022
4 Adobe Captivate. Tool #4: Adobe Captivate. Adobe Captivate is a popular choice for an authoring tool and it’s one of the top premium ones in the market. Adobe Captivate is one of the top-rated and most recognized brands. Adobe Captivate Pricing. Adobe Captivate Support.
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5 Tips To Build In Storyline Like A Pro
Roundtable Learning
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Media and Simulations — Tools such as screen recording and text-to-speech closed captions make course development more convenient. The alternative that is most similar in terms of capabilities is Adobe Captivate. 5 Tips To Be More Proficient In Storyline. Spend Time On eLearning Heroes.
The Number 1 tool for the creation of Advanced eLearning
Adobe Captivate
AUGUST 30, 2018
7 years ago I created my first Advanced eLearning thanks to Adobe Captivate 5. Adobe Captivate 5 enabled me to quickly produce flash content with the ability to add action scripts and variables. A year later Articulate Released Storyline that dethroned Captivate out of my toolbox.
The Top 78 Captivate Features
Adobe Captivate
MARCH 6, 2017
78 Important Features of Adobe Captivate 9. Captivate Version 9.0.2.437. An excerpt from Joe’s Upcoming Captivate Manual. Also, quickly access text-to-speech and both audio and video closed captioning. Text-to-speech voices – useful for several reasons. I hope you find this useful.
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Adobe Captivate
JUNE 5, 2017
Here is an infographic we made with the main VTML tags you may use to make your text to speech audio sound natural! Which ones do you like to use? Write your comments below.
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Captivate 4 tutorials
Adobe Captivate
APRIL 3, 2009
Captivate 4 , Captivate tutorials. Late last year, I had blogged about a set of Captivate 3 tutorials on the Adobe website. This has now been completely refreshed for Captivate 4- with new topics on the key Captivate 4 features. These Captivate movies can be accessed here: Adobe Captivate workspace.
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What makes a great eLearning module?
Adobe Captivate
OCTOBER 8, 2018
Back you text up with audio, either record your text or use the text to speech facility. Using the Adobe Captivate Community. And where better to do that – on the Adobe Captivate Community? Drag & Drop, simple gamification is a great way to engage all learners of every age.
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Adding Recorded Voice to a Captivate Project
Adobe Captivate
JUNE 5, 2019
As noted, Voice-over can be added to a project in a number of ways: Importing recorded speech audio files; this may be done if tools outside of Captivate are being used. This is the focus of this blog post. Generating a voice-over from text. I will cover text-to-speech voice-over in my next blog post.
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40 Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010
eLearning Learning Posts
OCTOBER 5, 2010
Free Quiz and Test Maker Tools Plus My Top 3 - eLearning 24-7 , September 14, 2010 While this market has always existed, it is clearly taking a whole new form in two areas: Strong emphasis to embed into a web site or blog. The comment was: Even the best Text-to-Speech can only do one thing - receive text and spit it back out.
When are System Simulations Appropriate?
Integrated Learnings
OCTOBER 11, 2011
System simulations, created using software such as Adobe Captivate, serve several purposes when used in eLearning. A learner can watch the steps in a procedure with text describing what is happening. Or, you can use audio using a recorded narration or text-to-speech technology. By Dean Hawkinson.
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International Yoga Day
Adobe Captivate
JUNE 21, 2018
Here is the HTML5 preview – In this article, my focus is on “responsive learning” and “text to speech”. Luckily, Captivate makes it easy even for a newbie to build responsive content with its Fluid Box feature. Hoping to see the experts in this community weighing in with their experiences and suggestions.
Text-to-Speech eLearning Tools - Integrated Products
Tony Karrer
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
This is fourth post in a series on Text-to-Speech (TTS) for eLearning written by Dr. Joel Harband and edited by me (which turns out to be a great way to learn). The other posts are: Text-to-Speech Overview and NLP Quality , Digital Signal Processor and Text-to-Speech , and Using Text-to-Speech in an eLearning Course.
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New Lynda.com tutorial on Captivate 4
Adobe Captivate
JUNE 18, 2009
I do believe there are a some useful features that have not been covered- including the current favorite Text-to-speech , Advanced actions, and Aggregator. I have linked to some material on this blog which should help with these features; also, another good source for this training is Kevin Siegel’s book on Captivate 4.
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40 Top 113 eLearning Posts and 28 Hottest Topics for 2010
eLearning Learning Posts
JANUARY 3, 2011
Social Learning Strategies Checklist - Social Enterprise Blog , January 11, 2010. Instructional Design and E-Learning Blogs - Experiencing eLearning , July 6, 2010. Brain Learning and eLearning Design - The Learning Circuits Blog , July 1, 2010. Voice-Over in eLearning - The Learning Circuits Blog , September 1, 2010.
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Ghost Edition – Top 10 Authoring Tools for 2013
eLearning 24-7
OCTOBER 30, 2013
Doubtful – and if you do, don’t share that info with your colleagues, because if a blog post scares you, well. 5 Adobe Captivate. I actually met the two individuals who oversee Captivate in terms of product development. Text to Speech – awesome! Each one has a frightful story to tell.
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Webinar Blackboard Slides - Weekly Best of eLearning Learning
eLearning Learning Posts
AUGUST 3, 2009
Webinar- Creating engaging eLearning using Adobe eLearning Suite - Adobe Captivate Blog , July 29, 2009. Mobile Learning in India - Upside Learning Blog , July 25, 2009. Being aware of e-learning gaps… - ThirdForce Blog , July 24, 2009. SchoolRack » Create a FREE Teacher Website or Educational Blog!
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40 Twitter - Social Media - Informal - Weekly Best of eLearning Learning
eLearning Learning Posts
AUGUST 11, 2009
Upside Learning Blog , August 7, 2009. Text-to-Speech - User Dictionary Editor - Adobe Captivate Blog , July 31, 2009. Social Media In Learning Blog , August 2, 2009. Slides without presenters - three more options - Clive on Learning , July 31, 2009. These Are NOT Serious Games! Is it teaching?
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Top 10 features of Adobe Captivate 2017 for Responsive eLearning development
Adobe Captivate
FEBRUARY 11, 2018
Adobe Captivate 2017 offers powerful capabilities to create fully responsive eLearning courses. In this blog, I summarise my pick of the top 10 key features of Adobe Captivate 2017. Not only this, it also enables you to make an effective migration of your legacy Captivate courses from non-mobile to mobile learning.
Captivate- Frequently Encountered Issues
Adobe Captivate
DECEMBER 16, 2009
Can't get your Text-to-speech installed? Having issues previewing Captivate 3 content? Rick Stone, one of the most active and longest serving members on our Captivate Forum has created a list of Frequently Encountered Issues in Captivate that addresses these questions and more.
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64 5 Best Features of Adobe Captivate 9 That Enhance E-learning
CommLab India
JANUARY 20, 2017
Even though many authoring tools are available, Adobe Captivate 9 which was introduced two years back is a favorite among e-learning designers for the versatility and range of features it offers. In this blog, we will look at five fabulous features of this tool that enhance instructional design. Adobe Captivate Draft .
Articulate Storyline 2, Adobe Captivate 9 & Lectora Inspire 16: The Infinity War
CommLab India
AUGUST 8, 2016
In my previous blog, E-learning Authoring Tools: The Civil War , we have seen the comparison between the top three preferred e-learning rapid authoring tools – Articulate Storyline 2, Adobe Captivate 9, and Lectora Inspire 16. In this blog, we will see a few pros and cons of the three tools. Adobe Captivate 9.
New Features in Adobe Captivate 4
Steve Howard
JANUARY 23, 2009
Tridib Roy Chowdhury has posted an extensive list of Adobe Captivate 4 new features to The Adobe Captivate Blog. Text-to-speech functionality. Adobe Photoshop layer support- Preserve layers in imported Adobe® Photoshop® (PSD) files. Posted in Adobe, Captivate, eLearning.
Six Points of Comparison – Captivate 9 vs. Lectora 17
CommLab India
JANUARY 27, 2017
In this blog, we will compare the latest versions of two authoring tools – Lectora Inspire 17 and Adobe Captivate 9. This blog will compare the tools on 6 factors to help you choose based on the criteria you have in mind. As for Adobe Captivate 9 , it comes with a host of features that support responsive design.
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Top 75 eLearning Posts - May 2010
eLearning Learning Posts
JUNE 9, 2010
A Defense of the LMS (and a case for the future of Social Learning) - Social Enterprise Blog , May 12, 2010 For some time now, I’ve seen a growing negativity toward LMS solutions by a pretty wide group folks in our space. I see it in blog posts, comments, posts, LrnChat discussions, and all sorts of places. Read the interview.
Kicking the Tires
Adobe Captivate
JUNE 6, 2017
Text-to-speech. Text-to-speech voices need a separate download and installation if the software is retrieved from the web, and from a subfolder if a software CD was used. The editing and setting the size of SVG files is very easy in this new release. Additional voices and languages have been added.
10 Best eLearning Authoring Tools
ProProfs
JANUARY 6, 2022
Text to Speech Converter. Examples include Adobe Captivate and Lectora. For example, the tool you choose should support the repurposing of PowerPoint presentations to create a mini-course or turn blog content into video content. Text to Speech. Convert text to a voice format. Storyboard.
Top 70 eLearning Articles - Hot Topics: iPad Adobe Captivate - July 2010
eLearning Learning Posts
AUGUST 3, 2010
Instructional Design and E-Learning Blogs - Experiencing eLearning , July 6, 2010 Back when I wrote my instructional design careers series in 2007, I was only aware of a few blogs by instructional designers. Subscribe to the Best of eLearning Learning for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs. How about math?
Top 70 eLearning Posts for June and Hot Topics including iPad and Mobile Learning
eLearning Learning Posts
JULY 7, 2010
Text-to-Speech Overview and NLP Quality - eLearning Technology , June 8, 2010 This post is a new kind of thing for me. 10 Free Audio Programs to Use for E-Learning - Rapid eLearning Blog , June 1, 2010 I’m no audio engineer. No matter what anyone tells you, no one really has a clue how to “do&# social in the enterprise.
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Adobe shows off Captivate 4 and the Adobe eLearning Suite
Steve Howard
NOVEMBER 13, 2008
At the Adobe Learning Summit in San Jose, November 10th, Adobe showed several exciting new features from the next version of Captivate and from the up-coming eLearning Suite. At the Adobe Learning Summit, Adobe demonstrated the next version of Captivate, and also previewed the new Adobe eLearning Suite.
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Storyline, Captivate, Lectora – An Evaluation Checklist of 3 Rapid Authoring Tools
CommLab India
OCTOBER 3, 2016
This blog intends to make it easy for you and help pick the right tool quickly. We will now evaluate the 3 widely used rapid authoring tools – Articulate Storyline 2 , Adobe Captivate 9 , and Lectora Inspire 16 , based on the features listed by the report. Adobe Captivate 9. Articulate Storyline 2.
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