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  1. Captivate User Guide
  2. Introduction to Captivate
    1. What's New in Adobe Captivate
    2. Adobe Captivate System Requirements
    3. Adobe Captivate Updates
      1. Adobe Captivate (12.5 update) release notes
      2. Adobe Captivate (12.4 update) release notes
      3. Adobe Captivate (12.3 update) release notes
      4. Adobe Captivate (12.2 update) release notes
      5. Adobe Captivate (12.1 update) release notes
    4. Download Adobe Captivate
    5. Frequently Asked Questions
  3. Add a slide
    1. Slide navigator in Adobe Captivate
    2. Add a conversation slide
    3. Add characters to your Adobe Captivate project
    4. Edit the background image on a slide
    5. Add padding to content blocks and components
    6. Create a long scroll project
  4. Design options in Adobe Captivate
    1. What are design options?
    2. Parts of a design option
    3. Create custom design options
    4. Modify a custom design option
    5. Export a custom design option
    6. Import a custom design option
  5. Add text blocks
    1. Add text to a project
    2. Add Adobe fonts to a project
  6. Add media blocks
    1. Add images to a project
    2. Add videos to a project
    3. Add quotes
    4. Add SVGs to a project
    5. Add web objects to a project
  7. Interactive components
    1. Add a button
    2. Add an input field
    3. Add a radio button group
    4. Add a dropdown
    5. Add a checkbox
  8. Add branding blocks
    1. Add a header to a project
    2. Add a footer to a project
  9. Widgets
    1. Add a Card
    2. Add Tabs
    3. Add a Certificate
    4. Add a Carousel
    5. Add a Hotspot
    6. Add Drag-and-Drop
    7. Add a Timeline
    8. Add Click to Reveal
    9. Add an Accordion
  10. Create quizzes
    1. Add a Multiple-choice question
    2. Add a True or false question
    3. Add a Match the column question
    4. Add a Short answer question
    5. Add a Sequence question
    6. Add question pools and random question slides
    7. Import questions as CSV
  11. Add audio to a project
    1. Add audio
    2. Add closed captions
  12. Interactions
    1. Add interactions to a project
    2. Create interactive video with overlay
    3. Create a slide-level interaction
    4. Create an object-level interaction
  13. Animations
    1. Add animations to a project
  14. Accessibility
    1. Make a project accessible
  15. Customize the timeline
    1. Timeline panel in Adobe Captivate
  16. Customize TOC and Playbar
    1. Table of Contents in Adobe Captivate
  17. Edit project properties
    1. Variables in Adobe Captivate
    2. Preferences
    3. Project dimensions
    4. Themes
  18. Create a simulation project
    1. Simulation
  19. Preview a project
    1. Preview
  20. Share a project for review
    1. Share for review
    2. FAQs and Troubleshooting guide for sharing projects for review   
  21. Publish a project
    1. Publish your project
  22. Upgrade projects in Adobe Captivate
    1. Upgrade projects to the latest version 

Overview

The all-new Adobe Captivate includes native audio editing capabilities, enabling you to perform audio tasks directly within the software without needing third-party tools. You can use audio in your Adobe Captivate projects for narration, voice-overs, background music, or generate text-to-speech using system or Captivate voices. Additionally, you can add and edit closed captions for your audio.

You can incorporate audio in various ways within a single Adobe Captivate project, such as:

  • Add introductory audio at the start of your presentation or record narration.
  • Including a background track that plays throughout the project.
  • Adding sound to individual slides or objects.

Topics in this page:

Add audio to a slide

You can add audio on a slide in one of the following ways:

  • Add audio from Assets.
  • Add an audio file from your computer.
  • Record a narration.
  • Generate text to speech

  1. Select Audio in the right toolbar.

  2. Click the Import Audio dropdown.

    This is an image that shows how to add an audio to a slide.

Add audio from Assets

Adobe Captivate lets you add an audio clip from Assets and use the clip as background audio.

  1. Select Assets in the Import Audio dropdown.

  2. Select a file in Assets.

  3. Click Insert Audio.

    If the duration of the audio exceeds the slide duration, you view a pop-up to extend the duration of the slide to which you're adding the audio.

    This is an image that shows how to extend slide time

  4. Click Extend time.

  5. Hover on the audio file and click the pencil icon to edit the audio.

  6. You can change these audio settings:

    • Fade in: Enter the time from where you want the audio to fade in. 
    • Fade out: Enter the time from where you want the audio to fade out. 
    • Loop audio: Select the checkbox to make the audio play continuously.
    • Stop background audio: Select the checkbox to stop the background audio when the project ends.
    Edit audio
    Edit audio

  7. In the Closed Captions section, click Add captions to add closed captions on the slide. For more information, view Add closed captions on a slide.

Record your narration

Adobe Captivate allows you to record audio narration and system audio. You can also edit the recorded audio and add it to your slide.

注意:

For recording system audio on macOS, there is an option in Preferences to select Virtual Audio driver.

  1. Select Record in the Import Audio dropdown.

  2. Select the ellipsis icon near Record Audio to choose your microphone. After choosing a microphone from the dropdown, the recommendation is to calibrate the audio. Select Audio Input Calibration and speak into the microphone. If you're satisfied with the audio quality, select Done.

    You'll view a Good message on the audio calibration pop-up if the input volume level is optimal.

    You can also select the microphone via Preferences.

  3. In the Record Audio section, click Start recording.

  4. After recording, click Stop recording.

  5. After you've recorded the narration, you can change these audio settings:

    • Fade in: Enter the time from where you want the audio to fade in. Fade-in always starts from zero. If you enter 5, the audio will be faded between 0-5 seconds.
    • Fade out: Enter the time from where you want the audio to fade out. Fade-out always starts from zero. If you enter 5, the audio's last five seconds will fade.
    • Loop audio: Select the checkbox to make the audio play continuously. It loops the audio till the end of the slide. If the slide audio duration is less than the slide duration, then the audio loops till the end of the slide.
    • Stop background audio: Select the checkbox to stop the background audio when the project ends. It stops the project audio (background audio) when the slide audio plays. It's specific to individual slides.

  6. In the Closed Captions section, click Add captions to add closed captions on the slide. For more information, view Add closed captions on a slide.

Generate text-to-speech

Adobe Captivate allows you to convert closed captions into audio using both AI-generated voices and system voices. Authors can select from a variety of voice agents, enabling them to match the tone and style of their course to the needs of their target audience. This feature enhances the learning experience by offering a personalized, engaging environment that helps maintain learner interest and motivation.

  • AI Voices: These are voice options generated by AI, offering a broad selection of accents, languages, genders, and tones, ensuring a natural and authentic-sounding narration.
  • System Voices: These are built-in text-to-speech voices provided by Windows or macOS, designed to convert text into spoken audio

You can also download additional voices for offline workflows. Below are the download links for extra voices in Adobe Captivate:

Add a voice agent to your captions

  1. Select Audio from the Properties panel on the right.

  2. From the Import Audio dropdown, select Generate Text-to-Speech. This will open the Closed Captions timeline, where you can add your captions. Learn more on how to  add closed captions on a slide.

    This image shows how to select generate text to speech

  3. Select the caption(s) on the timeline and then select the voice dropdown menu and then select More voices.

    This is an image that shows how to add more voices to your captions.

  4. Select AI or System voices from the drop-down.

    Select either AI or System voices from the drop-down.

    注意:

    By default, if there is an internet connection, an AI voice speech agent is applied to the captions. However, if offline, a system voice is assigned.

  5. Select a voice from the list for each caption individually or apply a voice to all captions at once by choosing the Select all captions option and then the voice agent. 

    This image shows how to select all captions in the voices panel.

  6. Select a speech agent and click the    icon next to it to preview the audio. Test each speech agent to determine which voice best suits your project theme.

    preview a speech agent audio

  7. Use the filter options to to set your voice preference for your captions. You can filter the language, accent, tone, gender, and content.

    Use filter options to set your voice preference

  8. You can also use the quick search option to easily find a speech agent, sort voices by name or tone, and mark a voice as a favorite by clicking the   icon next to the speech agent.

    Use the quick search, sorting and favorite options

  9. Once you've added the voice agents to the captions, select Apply to confirm the changes and exit the voice panel.

    Select Apply to assign the speech agents to the captions

  10. Select Generate Audio on the closed captions timeline to complete the audio generation for the captions.

    This is an image that shows generating an audio for captions

    After generating the audio, the waveform is displayed, serving as a visual guide to align caption timings with the audio and remove silent segments.

  11. Finally, choose whether to apply the generated audio to the current slide or all slides. Select Apply to this slide to add the audio to just the current slide, or choose Apply to all slides to apply the audio for captions across all slides for consistency.

    Apply audio to current slide or all slides in the project

The quick-access menu in the captions timeline displays the currently selected voice, two favorites, and two recently used voices. This feature allows you to swiftly change voices and generate audio for different captions.

This image shows the quick access to voices on the caption's timeline

Update audio after changing captions 

Whenever the text of a caption or its corresponding speech agent is changed, the audio must be updated accordingly.

  1. Edit the captions on the timeline or assign a new speech agent.

  2. Select the Update Audio. This option gets enabled only when you change a caption text or its voice agent. 

    This is an image that shows how to update audio after editing captions on the timeline.

Edit an audio

Select   to edit the audio file.

This is an image that shows how to select the edit icon to edit audio.

In the waveform editor, select the portion of audio that you want to edit. Use the options available in the Edit Audio section to edit the audio clip.

This image shows how to edit the audio waveform.

Make any necessary edits in the Edit Audio section.

You can cut, copy, and paste sections of the audio file, insert periods of silence to lengthen the audio file, adjust the volume, import different audio at the playhead position, and use more options.

  • Cut selection: Cut the selected portion of the audio file.
  • Copy selection: Copy the selected portion of the audio file.
  • Paste selection: Paste information from the clipboard.
  • Delete selection: Remove the selected portion of the audio file.
  • Undo: Undo the last action.
  • Redo: Redo the last action.
  • Insert silence: In the Insert Silence dialog, select the portion of the audio file where you want to insert silence and select Insert Silence. Choose from:
    • Playhead Position: This option is available only when you've not selected a portion of the audio file. Insert the time and position for the silence clip in the audio.
    • Start of Audio: Add silence to the beginning of the audio file.
    • End of Audio: Add silence to the end of the audio file.

If you select a portion of the audio and select Insert silence, the selected portion of the audio becomes silent. To choose the playhead position, Start of Audio, and End of Audio, select Add silence without selecting the portion of the audio.

You can also record or import audio to insert into an existing audio clip on the panel.

Volume settings

Select the ellipsis icon in the Edit Audio panel and click Volume Settings. The Volume Settings dialog contains the following options:

Volume slider: You can manually change volume decibels (dB) using the slider.

Audio Recording options

  • None
  • Normalize: Select this option to have Adobe Captivate adjust the sound volume automatically. Normalizing audio helps keep the sound level consistent between slides and selects the best volume in the audio. Audio normalization applies a constant gain to an audio recording to bring the average or peak amplitude to a target level (the norm). 
  • Dynamic: Select this option to amplify quiet sections of the audio to help compensate for variations in audio volume. It reduces the loudness of the audio. After you select this option, you can further set the following:
    • Ratio: Specifies the maximum amplification to use. The default setting of 2.0 sets the quietest sections of the audio to amplify by a factor of two. A higher setting can improve projects with large differences between quiet and loud sections, but can also amplify background noise.
    • Threshold: Controls the amplification of background noise. Anything quieter than the noise threshold isn't amplified. If background noise is amplified too much, setting a higher noise threshold may help solve the problem.

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