Haven't tried this yet, but it seems you might be able to achieve tight synchronization using ASF files for the audio and embedding events that highlight the text. Mark Kelley posted some info about this: http://listserv.cc.kuleuven.ac.be/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0004A&L=aware&P=R6014&m=2 0612
HTH - Trish
----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Rholl <Charles.Rholl@TOTO-CGI.COM> To: <AWARE@listserv.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 11:00 AM Subject: Re: A5.2: Synchronize higlighted text and voiceover - Urgent ! (forme at least :-) )
> Well, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I think this would be extremely difficult if not impossible to do in AW. And, even if > it is possible, it would probably be extremely time consuming in that I think you'd need to manually time everything out. Then you've > got the problem of variable performance due to different processor speeds, connection speeds, etc. > > The good news is that this sounds very doable in Flash. I'm not a Flash expert but I think Flash has very good sound/animation > syncronization. So, why not get on a Flash list, find out if anyone has done this in Flash, beg, borrow, or buy the code, and play the > Flash movie(s) in your AW piece? Of course, I don't know exactly what you're doing or what your requirements/limitations are, so > perhaps Flash is not a solution - but I think it's a promising option based on the info you provided. > > If you get this working, then YOU could sell it to others. ;-) > > HTH > > Charles Rholl > TOTO Multimedia > > > Ole Kristensen wrote: > > > Hi awarians > > > > Does anyone have a model for synchronizing highlighting of plain text and a voiceover reading the text? > > It is crucial with a tight synchronization and that the highlight changes length so it always match the length of the current word. > > > > It will be an extra bonus if you can doubleclick on a word and highlight the word clicked properly. > > > > Any dlls or other ways to accomplish this with Authorware is more than welcome. > > > > I might even pay you if it's good! > > > > Any commercial offers off list please! > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Ole Kristensen > > -- > The AWARE List > http://www.e-media.nl/aware/index.html > > Search the Archives > http://www.e-media.nl/aware/search.html > > Netiquette: > - Use descriptive subject fields > - Use subject prefixes (A5 , A5Mac , A5Web , KO , UCD , OT) > > >
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