Hello Russell, this is what you will have to do in this situation:
1) On the first page of your app you need to add an App Counter (or Global Counter)
2)For the "Read to me" element you will need: a Tap-CounterSet behavior with Target being that App Counter and the Value will be 1.
3)For the "Read by myself" element you will need: a Tap-CounterSet behavior with Target being that App Counter and the Value will be 0.
4)Then for all the audio files that represents the story on the PlayAudio behavior you will need to add a Condition to: App Counter Value is 1. So these files will play only when the AppCounter Value is 1 meaning when the "Read to me" element is tapped.

Hello Trevor, here's the sample app from that post regarding text input:
251 - SetText.zip
Thank you for your feedback.

No problem Luca, so far this option is not possible, but it's a very good idea. Thank you for your feedback.

Could you explain in more details what would you like to do?

Make sure that in the pages properties you have Show Global Element set to Yes, if this didn't solved this situation could you send this app to alin@interactstudios.com and we will take a look into this situation? Thank you for your feedback.

Ok Jamie I've looked into this situation and I found the problem. In the last page, the Menu Page, the butterfly is set to be a Global Element, but, the Visible on Runtime is set to No. This should be set to Yes in order to see the butterfly in Interact Mode.

Make sure that in the pages properties you have Show Global Element set to Yes, if this didn't solved this situation could you send this app to alin@interactstudios.com and we will take a look into this situation? Thank you for your feedback.

Could you uninstall, but this time delete the files (except your apps) that remained in the Interact Builder folder 

if you are working on Windows, go to Control Panel in the Uninstall section and from there uninstall InteractBuilder. Then go Program Files and see if there is anything in the Interact Builder folder. If are files besides your apps that remained there delete them. (Before deleting them just make a back up of your apps). After you delete the remained files download Interact Builder from here:
http://www.interactbuilder.com/software/

Jamie try to reinstall InteractBuilder, I've tried to add another page after page 12 with elements and the element manager worked.