Automatically align slide animations with audio tracks by inserting cue tags into your script. This eliminates the need for manual play bar adjustments, ensuring timings remain accurate even after script edits or translations.

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Key features

• Align slide animations with audio tracks automatically
• Retain cue tag positions in slide scripts during translation
• Prevent manual play bar animation tracking adjustments
• Update animation timings dynamically when regenerating narration

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• Plan: Bigtincan AuthoringAI, Bigtincan AuthoringAI Pro, Bigtincan AuthoringAI Pro Standalone, or Bigtincan AuthoringAI Standalone, Bigtincan Standard, Bigtincan Standard Plus
• Role and Privileges: Content author, learning author, or company administrator
• Prerequisite: Slide notes and on-click entrance or exit animations configured in your PowerPoint file

Do this step by step

1. Go to the Content tab and locate the presentation with slide animations you want to sync with autocue.
2. Click the three dot menu on the presentation and select Edit.
3. Select a slide.
4. Click the Slide properties button on the right.
5. Select the Notes tab.
6. Click in the Slide Notes text box and type your script.

7. Add a cue tag <cue> at each point in your slide notes where you want to trigger an animation. To see how many cue tags you need, look at the audio slider below the slide.

   Note: If you place too many cue tags in your script, the system will ignore the extra tags and place the remaining animations at the end of the slide.
   If you place too few cue tags, the system will place the untimed animations right after the most recent animation.

8. Click the Save button at the top right once you're done.
9. Click Generate narration to add voice-overs of your slide notes.
10. Choose a voice library.
11. Select a language and voice in the pop-up, then click the play icon to hear a sample.
12. Click Generate and save.
13. After the narration is generated, add or adjust a cue tag at each point in your slide notes where you want an animation to trigger.
14. After adding your cue tags, Save and click Generate narration again. Click Generate and save, then click Replace to confirm the regeneration.

15. Click the eye icon in the top right to preview and check that your animation cues line up correctly.

    Note: You do not need to readjust the cue tags if you regenerate the audio or translate the script into another language. Authoring AI automatically adjusts the animation timings to match the new audio duration whenever it encounters a cue.