highlighted text in time with vocals

zzap64

I'm looking to have words of text highlighted in time with the audio narrative in a story book.
I'm thinking of just to trigger a color actor at co-ords to overlay the text using timers I manually gauge by listening to the audio.
Just wanted to ask if there are any other more efficient solutions I should consider ?
thanks.

Braydon_SFX

@zzap64 -- Unfortunately, no. Wish there was an easier way, but as of now we have to use timers and all of that junk.

zzap64

@Braydon_SFX thanks for the quick reply.

tatiang

Well, I just built an app for a client that uses tables to keep track of audio durations and starts the next sound as soon as the current sound is done playing. The app randomizes the order but it would be easier to just play them in order.

Unfortunately, it requires knowing the exact length of each audio file.

zzap64

@tatiang interesting idea. My sound files are narrative sentences which give me the headache. The other non-english languages are going to be fun!

tatiang

If I were doing this I would create an animation for each sentence -- going through each word in the sentence -- and show it while the audio file for the sentence is playing. The alternative, highlighting a single word while playing a single word audio file, would be a nightmare to have to code.

chad.hamilton

@zzap64 I'm also looking to have words of text highlighted in time with the audio narrative in a story book. Did you have any luck?
Thank you!