Import text to speech script

Hi,
I am using Adobe Captivate4. I would like to know whether is there any provision of importing the text as speech script and then convert to speech to add audio to the slide?

Hi Rodward,
Thanks for your reply.
This is really helpful for editing the CC text rather than editing slide by slide.
But my question is about editing the speech text in similar way.
Whether we can edit all the speech text in one document, which we wish to have as voice-over in each slide and then import. So that the modified voice-over text will be inserted in respective slides and we can have voice-over(audio).

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If anyone can please provide some assistance, it will be most appreciated thanks.

Working fine now, changed the location of the file path - could have been something to do with having an apostrophe.
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How can i import abbreviations in text to speech without using voice over?

Hi, I have recently discoverd text to speech on my macbook, and I like what it can do. I would like to edit the way it pronounces some abbreviations. I discovered this was possible with voiceover. I would like to do this even when voice over is turned off so I can highlight a text i want to read on a pdf and it would read everything as I want it to. Maybe there is a third party app that makes this possible?(This could come in handy when I want something to use it for biology books where there are a lot of abbreviations used, like ADP/ATP/NHDAP/...)

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However, in Multisim you have the option of creating your own custom simulation analysis and instrument.
I will try creating the instrument and send it back to you but it might take some time.
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http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/7825
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http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5635
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I need to reprogram the delete and enter key to the left side of a external keyboard for the ipad mini. don't need the caps/lock or ctrl key and due to an injury my daughter can only use her left hand to type. She is using a text to speech app to verbaliz

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private void this_windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
    System.exit(0);
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import com.sun.speech.freetts.audio.JavaClipAudioPlayer;
import com.sun.speech.freetts.en.us.CMULexicon;
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               ie.printStackTrace();
          } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
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          voice.speak(value);
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