Greg4959

Q: Text with voice-over

Hello,

Is there a function to link the text with a sound file?

For example, if you click on the paragraph, the text is read in the chosen language (French, English ...).

Every word could be highlighted and synchronized with the voice-over.

 

Do you have a solution?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Jan 20, 2012 6:12 AM

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  • by Gavin Duff,

    Gavin Duff Gavin Duff Jan 21, 2012 7:31 AM in response to Greg4959
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    Jan 21, 2012 7:31 AM in response to Greg4959

    I don't think iBookAuthor is currently intended to develop that kind of ebook. It's worth searching the Internet for fixed layout iBooks

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jan 21, 2012 7:46 AM in response to Greg4959
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    Jan 21, 2012 7:46 AM in response to Greg4959

    Does this provide any options for what you want to do?

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5073

  • by Dave Bull,

    Dave Bull Dave Bull Jan 21, 2012 3:43 PM in response to Greg4959
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    Jan 21, 2012 3:43 PM in response to Greg4959

    You can embed audio files. Use the Media Widget, and drag in an .mp4 audio file from iTunes (in ACC format). You can then trim off all the title/background/caption/etc. and shrink the player bar down to fit under your paragraph.

     

    This would be clumsy to do for all the text in your book of course, but it would be a solution for a 'here and there' approach.

  • by dlk357,

    dlk357 dlk357 Jan 27, 2012 1:12 AM in response to Greg4959
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    Jan 27, 2012 1:12 AM in response to Greg4959

    I suspect that an update version of iBA will have text-highlighting as a feature. Remember that they are starting with high school books. When beginner reader texts are more prevalent this a feature that will certainly be necessary.

     

    In the meantime, I think the best option would be a JS widget for assisted reading. For longer works this is generally very tedious as you have to mark the time at which each word is spoken. Best for beginners because the text is much less.

  • by tbrams,

    tbrams tbrams Jan 27, 2012 4:37 AM in response to Dave Bull
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    Jan 27, 2012 4:37 AM in response to Dave Bull

    I agree, and I tried this already. This model will not work for a language learning textbook for example.

    Just too much hazzle - and besides, you cannot shrink the media widget that much anyway... it will end up looking terrible.

     

    I am confident that Apple will at least consider this issue and maybe come up with an elegant solution as usual.

     

  • by tbrams,

    tbrams tbrams Jan 27, 2012 4:40 AM in response to Greg4959
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    Jan 27, 2012 4:40 AM in response to Greg4959

    IDEA: What I think would be useful is somelike like a "mouseover" functionality where you could either show message boxes with explanations, play sound/video and maybe both nicely formatted.