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KatelinJordan-2
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I have not seen a way to fade them in and out yet either. I would also like options other than white text on black.
fabulalearning
4 years agoCommunity Member
Hi Ang,
I can appreciate the desire to have control over the aesthetics of closed captions, but that would interfere with the time needed to read and process the captions. Depending on the chunk of text and speed of audio, some captions only appear for 2 seconds at a time (that's the minimum they should appear), so even a .25 transition in/out would reduce the time to read the caption by a significant amount.
As a hard of hearing person who relies on captions, I can also tell you that would be really annoying! ;)
I can appreciate the desire to have control over the aesthetics of closed captions, but that would interfere with the time needed to read and process the captions. Depending on the chunk of text and speed of audio, some captions only appear for 2 seconds at a time (that's the minimum they should appear), so even a .25 transition in/out would reduce the time to read the caption by a significant amount.
As a hard of hearing person who relies on captions, I can also tell you that would be really annoying! ;)
- Ange4 years agoCommunity MemberHi Berly, Thanks for your feedback. What I had in mind was to add silence between the captions in the audio file, which is easily done in Articulate, and ideally replace the Articulate voice with human voice-over talent, Articulate voices have a tendency to speak relatively fast. With more silence between the captions I could edit them to stay up on the screen for longer, while also affording a smoother exit and entrance transition. I had included the ability to start audio, pause audio and captions, and a transcript—not optimal I know. I would welcome any suggestions you have to make CC more accessible and streamlined for the hard of hearing.
- KatelinJordan4 years agoCommunity MemberThat makes perfect sense! I would still like to see more flexibility over the colors though! I find white on black much more challenging than black on white.