1. DR. POOJA JAISINGH MAANASA SRINIVASULU ADOBE SYSTEMS From Scratchy to Natural! Adding VTML Magic to Text-to-Speech Narration

2. Agenda Add slide notes Convert slide notes to Text to Speech Manage/modify text to speech for the entire project Add text to speech audio as object audio Reuse text to speech in a different project Use VTML tags to make the voice sound natural

3. VTML Tags

4. Description: Sets the Break Indices between words. Syntax: Attribute:  Level: It sets Break Indices. Required (0= read continuously, 1= read with minor break, 2= read with major break, 3=sentence separation) Example: Picture this! Lisa is a new joinee in the Adobe Captivate support team. She has just finished learning how to use Adobe Captivate and has also cleared the ACE Exam for Adobe Captivate. She is all set to support the customers.

5. Description: Designates a word class of the word surrounded with tags. Syntax: text Attribute:  part: Part of speech. Example: Did you record that record ?

6. Description: Sets a pause to be inserted in the synthesized voice. Syntax: Attribute:  time: Pause length. The unit is millisecond and it has the value between 0 to 65535. Example: Lisa is really excited but a bit anxious to answer the first call. She has requested you, as an experienced customer support representative, to help her while she takes her first call.

7. Description: It sets the pitch of the text surrounded by this tag. Syntax: child elements Attribute:  value: The level of pitch ranging between 50~200%. Example: Not a big problem? What do you mean? My course delivery is stalled because of quality issues. And if you keep getting such complaints from the customers, why don’t you think of resolving it?

8. Description: It sets the format of text surrounded with this tag. Syntax: text Attribute:  Interpret-as (Required): It tells what the text should be interpreted as – date, time and the like  Format (optional): The format in accordance with the type of the text  Detail(optional): Additional information on reading in accordance with the format of the text

9. examples I am busy and cannot make it for lunch at 1:30 today. Why don't we meet on 10/25 You still owe me USD30.10 I will give you 3/4 of my share.

10. Description: It sets the speed of text surrounded with this tag. Syntax: child elements Attribute:  speed: It sets the utterance speed with 50~400(%) value. Example: Not a big problem? What do you mean? My course delivery is stalled because of quality issues. And if you keep getting such complaints from the customers, why don’t you think of resolving it?

11. Description: Reads text by replacing text surrounded with tags with the alias value Syntax: text Attribute:  alias: It replaces the value surrounded with tags Example: You can create cool interactive eBooks using Adobe DPS

12. Remember VTML tags are for NeoSpeech voices only Do not copy paste the tags from the web Adobe Captivate only recognizes voices with the speech API and picks them up More about VTML tags - https://ondemand.neospeech.com/vt_eng-Engine- VTML-v3.9.0-3.pdf

13. Contact Details Dr. Pooja Jaisingh Adobe eLearning Evangelist pjaising@adobe.com @poojajaisingh Maanasa Srinivasulu Computer Scientist msriniva@adobe.com