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Effective eLearning Voiceover Audio: Sell It!

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Do you think your eLearning is going to change behavior if it is boring, and contains lackluster voiceover that's delivered in a monotone? The first rule of an effective voiceover is "sell it." Voiceover is like acting or singing. You need to project and give the audience something compelling on which to focus.

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PowerPoint: Text-to-Speech Voiceover Tools

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You could, of course, record a voiceover in PowerPoint, but maybe you have a cold and your voice isn't up to par. Several new tools allow you to type the text you would normally say, and have text-to-speech technology (TTS) generate the voiceover for you. PS: Need some crafting that voiceover text? HelloSlide.  

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eLearning Industry's Guest Author Article Showcase [October 2022]

eLearning Industry

Check out our top 5 guest author posts for October 2022 to learn more about integrations, voiceovers, and inbuilt authoring. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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eLearning: Voiceover Audio That Will Keep the Learner's Attention

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by Jennie Ruby    How can you use your voiceover script to keep the learner's attention within an eLearning lesson? Make the Voiceover Proportional to the Action. " after less than two sentences of voiceover text was read for one PowerPoint slide. Two sentences?  Probably much shorter than you think. 

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eLearning & Training: How Long is Too Long?

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" In their excellent article,  The 'Change-Up' in Lectures , Middendorf and Kalish found that after three to five minutes of 'settling down' at the start of class, a lapse of attention usually occurred 10 to 18 minutes later. In her article,  Keeping Pace with Today's Quick Brains ,  Kathie F.

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Adobe Captivate & eLearning: How Long is Too Long?

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"   In their excellent article, The 'Change-Up' in Lectures , Middendorf and Kalish found that after three to five minutes of 'settling down' at the start of class, a lapse of attention usually occurred 10 to 18 minutes later. . "   In the 1800s, people had very good attention spans.

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SHOULD WE REALLY GIVE LEARNERS CONTROL?

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If a screen had six click-to-reveal tabs, each one was led by voiceover (I know, right?), and each tab was locked until the voiceover finished playing. Will’s article is short and succinct. But then, towards the end of his article, he cites some of the limitations of the research, and calls for circumspection.

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