Audio (narration) in Capt. 6 truncates

Audio narration cuts off the last few words on the last slide when published. Is there a fix for this?

Copy some of the low volume audio from between pauses in the voiceover to the end of the audio clip to extend it out by a second or two. Adding pure silence won't work because Captivate will truncate it. It has to be 'dirty silence' with at least a little bit of audio data still remaining.

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I just found a way to extract the audio narration track from a keynote I recorded using the voice over feature.
I used BetterZip.
I right-clicked on my keynote to show the "Open With..." contextual menu. I had the keynote open with BetterZip instead of Keynote and it extracted all the elements of the presentation into a folder. I saw in there several audio tracks.
Now, Keynote did not split the audio tracks into individual slide snippets but that's better than any other technique I have read on this forum so far.
I hope this helps someone in the future.

If you save your Keynotes as a package, then you can right click and +Show Package Content+ and see all the files that make up your Keynote as well. To save your Keynotes as a package go to Preferences and click +Save new documents as packages.+

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I receorded my software simulation, then added recorded narration to each slide afterward. When I go to preview my course, each time the mouse click happens, the audio narration volume is decreased slighly before, during, and slightly after the mouse click. I wish I could say it was by a neglible amount, but on certain slides it nearly "covers" my narration completely. I can't seem to find anything in the Adobe Captivate forums about this specifically, which is surprising! So that leads me to believe there is a setting somewhere. Has anyone else encountered this?

Hi there
The fact you don't see references to this in the forums is indicative of the fact that (at least for me) this is the first such report I've seen of this specific behavior. It could be that it's a bug. Following that, I'd strongly urge you to file a bug report on it using the link below:
http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
The behavior you are describing is consistent with what I might expect of the Background Audio and Slide narration.
If you aren't using Background Audio, perhaps try clicking Audio > Import to > Background so you get the dialog. Then configure the dialog so you clear the option for reducing the volume.
Once you have done this and clicked Save, click Audio > Remove > Background and see if that fixes anything. If not...
Try clearing the preferences and publish again,
My crystal ball is on the fritz and my psychic skills are nearly non-existent, so I can't tell whether you are using the Mac or the PC version. But if it's the PC version, here is how you clear the preferences.
Close Captivate
Right-click the Shortcut icon and choose Properties
From the Shortcut tab, click the Open File Location button
Windows Explorer should open - From there, locate the Utils folder
Double-click the CleanPreferencesWin.bat file
Restart Captivate and test
Cheers... Rick

Anybody feel the need to be able to attach an audio narrative to pictures

I have submitted a feature request to Apple for allowing audio narrative in iPhoto. Just like one can attach places information to pictures, it would be great if we could attach an audio narrative to the picture. Many pictures and events can then be put in context, some stories behind the pictures can also be collected. It would be so much more fun and useful. What do people think?

There are apps that will do this already. For instance [MemoryMiner|http://www.memoryminer.com>
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IN PE7 is there a way to adjust the volume of the audio narration and the background sound track . If I add an audio narration to the slides and add a music Sound track to the show - The music steps on the narration and it can not be heard.

Robert,
In the PSE 7 slide show editor you could decrease the volume of the music soundtrack for its entire duration - but that may make the volume of the music too low when there is no narration. You can also add multiple music files to a slide show, but creating separate pieces (files) from a music sound track would require additional software to edit the music files and then difficult precise placement of the pieces of music around the narration. In my opinion, neither is really a good answer.
What format do you plan to use for the Output command of your completed slide show?
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I edited a video and then I added a narration and a soundtrack.
In the editor I see and hear exactly what I want.
When I'm publishing the video though the narration is lost.
I've tried with both Premiere Elements 11 and 12 with the same results.
I've tried different output fortmats, but still no narration.
I've attached a picture of the editor. Note that I rendered only the workarea.
I can hear the soundtrack and the audio 1 at the beginning and the audio 1 at the end.
But I cannot hear the narration in any output format.
Can you help me??
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M

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Trying to add audio narrative to a Slideshow via vocal track on Garageband-won't take. How can I do this for illiterate friend?

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Audio--narration

How do I get "Create, Slide show, Audio" to work--My Computer is set up properly and mic is good as I can record narration on other programs? But not under Organizer, Create, Slide show. The volume slide just sits there? Ranger Steve

Forest Ranger
Grand plan or major dud. All with just Premiere Elements 11 and your 172 photos at 4000 x 2248 resized to 1920 x 1080 or 1280 x 720 (for this example).
Start out with two folders on the desktop....one with the 172 photos (4000 x 2248) and the other empty.
Open Premiere Elements 11 workspace. Click on Organizer Tab at the bottom of the workspace in order to open the Elements Organizer.
Import all 172 photos 4000 x 2248 pixels 16:9 into the Organizer (Files Menu/Get Photos and Videos/From Files and Folders, navigating to the desktop folder with the photos to resized).
Create an Album which will have 172 photos (4000 x 2248) in it in the wanted order.
Highlight all the photos in the Album. Then File Menu/Export to New Files(s) and set up as indicated in the following screenshot.
To get to the Custom Setting, go to Size and Quality section, Photo Size, and click on the arrow to show the drop down list of choices which includes Custom. In that Custom Size dialog, set for a pixel dimensions which is 16:9...could be 1920 x 1080 or 1280 x 720 or less but whatever having a 16:9 aspect ratio. Be sure to set location for the created and saved files to that empty desktop folder.
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1. Import your audio clip as an MP3 or FLV file.
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3. Create a sound effect during your action sequence. In the timeline panel, click "Add Action > Play Sound Effect". Then choose your sound effect.
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Why is audio truncated when "shared"

I have an hour of keynote presentations that have correctly working audio. (Recorded and dragged and dropped to individual slides.)
One short presentation (2 min) works perfectly when played in Keynote, but invariably truncates when shared to either iTunes or iWeb. (please see link)
http://www.brentcbrolin.com/BrentCBrolin/TestPodcast/TestPodcast.html
This has a video podcast and a Keynote download link. The audio works on the latter; not on the former.
I have tried various kinds of transition changes, but nothing helps. And, besides, the existing transitions DO WORK IN KEYNOTE playback and when KN file is shared (and downloaded).
Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.

This is awkward, but it did solve the problem.
Goal: To have the same picture (call it A) continue on screen as the show goes from slide 1 to slide 2. That is, to not have A “blink” when the slides change between 1 & 2.
(N.B. All slides have MP3 narrations; these were recorded in audio program and dropped onto each slide.
Problem: As long as I did not give picture A an EXIT transition, the audio on slide 1 was truncated when I “shared” the slide show to iTunes or iWeb.
I had thought I could just have NO EXIT transition for A on slide 1, and have no entry transition for A on slide 2 (which would avoid the “blink” between 1 & 2.
And when I previewed it in Keynote, THE AUDIO WORKED PERFECTLY, even when picture A on slide 1 had NO EXIT transition.
However, the truncation of audio on slide 1 did occur whenever I shared the same show to iTunes or iWeb (.mov).
I tried many variations including:
a “stop audio” transition with a lot of extra time at end of slide 1;
delaying the “start transition” in the “slide” window of inspector of slide 1;
...but all resulted in truncated audio on slide 1, as long as picture A DID NOT HAVE AN EXIT TRANSITION.
However, if I did give picture A an EXIT transition on slide 1, the audio was not truncated (but, of course, I had a “blink” between slide 1 and 2).
Solution:
Hide a rectangle (or any graphic) behind picture A on slide 1.
Give that blind rectangle an EXIT transition…
…but don’t give picture A an exit transition.
This fools Keynote: it segues from slide 1 to 2 without a “blink,” and the audio narration is not truncated.
But it took a day to figure it out. (I removed the link to the examples mentioned in first post.)

Wanting to develop iOS app on Azure for sharing recorded audio stories/narratives

I'm about to start developing an app for iPhone (and eventually Android) that should allow users to:
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