I pasted in a block of text and ran the text to speech option. It works well until the last sentence where it adds the word "Dot" to the audio clip. If I take the last period out, it still adds "Dot". If I delete a couple of sentences back, the word "Dot" disappears.
Anyone else have this happen?
I had the same problem today. So I created a cue point right before the 'dot' in the audio. Then I created a trigger to pause the timeline at the cue point.
Thanks, Janet for sharing that idea. Another workaround our team spotted is to add a carriage return to longer strings of text. We're continuing to investigate this, so we'll keep you posted.
Can you please fix the software bug so there isn't a character limit. I am also having the same problem with the word dot at the end of the long paragraph. This shouldn't be the case. If I have a really long paragraph I shouldn't be limited to a specific number of characters.
Hi Heinee,
I had this happen in my last project and I figured out what the issue was. There was a blank line after the last sentence that had bullet list format applied I couldn’t see the bullet point since there was no text on that line, but the text to speech read it out as dot.
The "dot" sound can appear any where in the sentence and at the end of the text to speech. Had it removed and it kept appearing itself. How can I get rid of the "dot" permanently?
Good morning, Susan!
I'm sorry you're affected by this bug.
We narrowed the cause down to the character length. If the text exceeds 1000 characters, then the word "dot" is read. We'll update you as soon as we know more!
For now, one way to prevent "dot" from being read is to include a carriage return in strings of text that exceed a character count of 1000.
If that doesn't help, we'd love to troubleshoot the affected file. Simply use this link to open a case, and we'll take it from there!
Hello Everyone!
I have some great news to share. We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 74, we’ve included important fixes and new features.
One of the bugs that was fixed was an issue where "the Text-to-Speech feature was adding audible 'dot' to generated audio if single line of text exceeds 1000ish characters".
To take advantage of this update, launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here.
Please let me know if you need additional help!
I am facing the same "dot" issue today.
Hi Pankaj,
Thanks for reaching out. Sorry to hear you're experiencing this. I was unable to replicate this behavior on my end.
If you're still running into this issue, feel free to share your .story file with us in this thread or privately in a support case.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Please find the attached file. Issue is replicating at my end even though I am putting text in notepad and than pasting it in the text- to-speech box.
Hi Pankaj!
Thank you so much for sharing your project file! I was able to see exactly what you're experiencing. Are you copying text from the Windows Notepad? This appears to be a bug so I'll share this with our team, but I did find a workaround. You'll want to:
After that, the audible "dot" was removed.
I've recorded a Peek to show you my steps if you'd like to see my testing. We'll keep you updated on the progress of this bug.
