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Articulate, Captivate and Lectora – Do they deserve your praise?

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But, from an e-learning developer standpoint, the thought of using a template is the same as painting with numbers. HTML5 output, publish to the iPad and text to speech functionality. They are going to continue to generate huge followings and very loyal customers. E-Learning 24/7. Feature rich.

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New E-Learning Rankings: Authoring Tools

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Features include: branching, assessment tool, convert slide notes to computer-generated audio via text-to-speech converter (11 voices/accents according to Brainshark), skinned, send links to access courses via social media, output to MP4, certificates and SCORM. That said, the enterprise version is really strong.

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Authoring Tool Market – What I am seeing

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Nowadays I am seeing vendors offer 15, 17, 25 and even 30 templates. Each can be customized – to a degree. You could also change the text. It also lacked the ability to customize your avatars or upload your own face and customize your avatars. Speech to text and vice versa – small growth.

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Low Cost LMSs – Yes, u can find one for under 10K

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Do these systems have customers with more than 10,000 users? If the system offers a robust customization front, then expect implementation time to be aligned to systems that cost more – i.e. depends on what is needed to be done and specs. Are there low cost systems for the education market? Mobile and Social.

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Authoring Tools- The DevLearn Experience

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From products that ranged from the latest versions of RCATs to new vendors in the space, including text to speech. . Most of folks tie them to virtual worlds, but they have been used in the past with courses – customized mind you, but they are not “new” the scene. . I was enthralled. Anyone for Avatars?

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The Latest: Rapid Content Authoring Tool Market

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While RCATs never really offered a robust set of Clip Art for their customers (heck, most offered ZERO), they are now slowly offering images of people – not cartoon like, or an outline – but actual stock people images. eLearning Brothers offers such a product – and RCAT vendors are starting to add it into their own product.

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Being Thankful: E-Learning Thoughts

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Vendors who added innovative features including text to speech (way to go SoftChalk), to true HTML5 support (Claro, Cm-Studio, Rapid Intake, Toolbook and sort of HTML5 output – Lectora) to image editors, SDK kits, gaming sims and Sony PSP devices. Free widgets, plug-ins and apps for customers to use with their product(s).

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