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Adobe Captivate 2019: New Text-to-Speech Voices

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Last week I told you about an awesome (and free) update to Adobe Captivate 2019. In that post, I told you how Adobe removed most of the outdated (Flash) SWF features. Specifically, Adobe has enhanced the Text-to-Speech feature. Click the Download new and enhanced voices link.

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"Adobe Captivate 7: The Essentials" Workbook Now Available

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I'm happy to report that my newest book, "Adobe Captivate 7: The Essentials"  is now available for purchase. "Adobe Captivate 7: The Essentials" is a self-paced training manual that teaches the core Adobe Captivate skills needed to create interactive eLearning and mLearning content.

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Adobe Captivate: Internalize or Externalize?

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The common way to publish a completed Captivate eLearning video is as a SWF (small web file). When the publish process is complete, you will end up with three files: an HTML file (which is what your learner will need to open the lesson in a web browser), a JavaScript file (called standard.js) and the SWF containing your lesson. 

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Adobe Captivate 9 Hot Fix: Update Fixes Several Known Issues

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Adobe recently posted a fix for Captivate 9 that, according to Adobe, addresses the following issues in Adobe Captivate 9. Effects are not played fully in SWF, when the effect duration is less than the default effect duration. Click  here for more information and to download the fix.

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Rapid eLearning Through Software Simulations And Screencasts

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Now-a-days with the advent of technology, one can start recording their screens for small just-in-time screencasts, without needing to download and install any software. Unlike screen capturing tools, the published output is not just a passive video, but is in a fully interactive format such as Flash SWF.

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Adobe Captivate 5.5: Flash Player Version Aversion

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Learners attempting to open a SWF published to a more recent version of the Player than what is installed on their computer will be unable to view the lesson. While some of those learners will be prompted to download the newer version, they may or may not be able to actually install the current Player (depending on their admin rights).

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Adobe Captivate: Using Aggregator

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In an ideal world, your Captivate projects would be kept to a respectable number of slides (fewer than approximately 100). Larger projects will take longer to produce, longer to publish, longer for learners to download and, most importantly, longer to complete. Save and Publish the source and target cptx files as SWFs.