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[SOLVED] ESO audio book playing in background ?

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This is a strange one: I was playing ESO just now, and somehow an ESO audio book started playing in the background, no matter what in-game activity I was doing. It was giving a detailed description of the various features of ESO, and I couldn't find any way to turn it off, nor did I know how I triggered it. I terminated the game and quit ESO, and it stopped. Can anyone tell me what it was all about ? What did I turn on ??
Edited by ZOS_Bill on January 3, 2023 1:46AM
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  • Necrotech_Master
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    i think they had implemented some kind of "text-to-speech" thing recently, maybe you had that enabled accidentally?
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    i think they had implemented some kind of "text-to-speech" thing recently, maybe you had that enabled accidentally?
    Thanks. I checked, and Accessibility Mode is off. I also noticed in the Audio section that it has both audio subtitles (for NPC chat) and video subtitles, and I had both turned on. Any idea what the video subtitles are ? I searched, but couldn't find any answer on that one. By default, video subtitles are turned on, so I doubt that's the cause of what I observed the other day.
    PC(Steam) / EU / play from Melbourne, Australia / avg ping 390
  • Necrotech_Master
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    im guessing "video" subtitles are for the fully animated cinematic scenes (such as when they would introduce a new chapter and it would play a little video, the most memorable was probably greymoor release due to skyrim, but really any of those chapters)
    plays PC/NA
    handle @Necrotech_Master
    active player since april 2014

    i have my main house (grand topal hideaway) listed in the housing tours, it has multiple target dummies, scribing altar, and grandmaster stations (in progress being filled out), as well as almost every antiquity furnishing on display to preview them

    feel free to stop by and use the facilities
  • vsrs_au
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    im guessing "video" subtitles are for the fully animated cinematic scenes (such as when they would introduce a new chapter and it would play a little video, the most memorable was probably greymoor release due to skyrim, but really any of those chapters)
    In other words, it's for the "Play Cinematic" menu feature, not actually for anything in-game. Yeah, that makes sense.
    PC(Steam) / EU / play from Melbourne, Australia / avg ping 390
  • vsrs_au
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    Problem solved, I think. I just saw this thread, where someone mentioned the Gameplay | Tutorials setting, so I turned it off.
    https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/623980/game-tells-me-how-to-scry-for-antiquities-all-the-time-how-do-i-turn-it-off
    PC(Steam) / EU / play from Melbourne, Australia / avg ping 390
  • ZOS_Bill
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    As the OP has resolved their audio issue, we will now close this thread from further discussion.
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