Read aloud and skip sound

marbh

Hi there,

I have made a study in OSWeb format which I want to distribute to students with dyslexia among others. Therefore, I thought that I just could make sound files corresponding to each sketchpad which included text with information or instructions.

Now my problem is the functionality with the sampler item when the duration is set to "sound". The result is that everyone needs to listen to every word that I'm saying without being able to skip to the next slide.

I've tried to set the duration to 0, but then the sound continues through the next slide where there is a new sound file.

Do any of you have an easy way to get around this issue? Or do I maybe need to distribute one study with the instructions read aloud and another one without sound?

Best,

Martin

lvanderlinden

Hi @marbh

Instead of distributing two different experiments, I think you could also do the following:

• Show your participants an initial question (e.g. with a sketchpad item and/or a sampler item) and ask them to indicate whether they want the instructions to be read aloud or not (e.g. by pressing a key, using a keyboard_response item, e.g. "z" for yes, "m" for no)
• Use Run-if statements that make sure the sound file is only played, that is, the sampler item is only run, if participants responded with the "yes" option. For example:

[response] = "z"

Would that work?

Cheers,

Lotje