Export Closed Captioning

The editor will export your captions to a "captions file" format, like .vtt. You would need to export each file and then simply copy and paste the text into a Word document.

Thank you!

Is this still the best way to do this?

Hi Emily,

The export option outlined here is the option to export within the Closed Caption feature:

Click Export Captions on the ribbon, choose a location where you want to save the caption file, then click Save.

When you export captions from the closed captions editor, it generates a VTT file.

You'll see it generates a VTT file, not a Word file. 

Hi everyone,

Just jumping in because we have a lot of requests to "extract" the text of a Storyline for Translation, but it would be reallyyyy helpful to get all the CC at the same time in the same document. Is this something Articulate plans to do or not at all? 

Just Exporting them one by one seems like a really lengthy process. :(

Thanks in advance!

Hi Cynthia,

Thank you for reaching out and sharing more about what you would like to see when exporting closed captions. We are continuing to track this feature, so I'll be sure to include your comments on our report. 

We'll be sure to provide an update to this thread as soon as we have more details to share!

Any updates on being able to get all the CC at the same time in the same document? Exporting one by one is definitely a really lengthy process. 

Hi Alexandra!

This feature hasn't made it on our feature roadmap yet, so we don't have a supported solution to share. In the meantime, I hope community members will share a workaround in this discussion!

Hello there, I add my request for such a feature (to be able to export all subtitles of one Storyline project into one bulk). Hope it will come soon !

I'm with @BenjaminWeil, please add me to the list of people who would greatly appreciate such a feature!

Hi, please add me to the list of people. :)  We have multiple language courses, so having the ability to check them all within a document would help since some courses are large.  Thank you.

Here is the work-around I used to easily export 142 caption .vtt files for translation or updating. (see image referenced below) 

• Copy your .story project and do the following steps in your copied version. (#1 in image below)
• Rename your ".story" file and replace the ".story" portion with ".zip" (#1 in image below)
  • You may need to select your windows folder "view" settings for the file explorer to show file extensions (here's how)
• Unzip this renamed file and you will see what is in image #3 below
• Navigate to the "/story" folder and then the "/media" folder (mine is pictured below).
  • This folder contains all your graphics, videos, etc.... and the .vtt files that were either imported by you or generated by the text to speech.
  • DO NOT rename anything anywhere in this process.
• These .vtt files can be copied out and put back or edited in place. Feel free to try changing some text and experimenting.
• We still need to make this a ".story" file again. When you unzipped, it likely gave you a new folder that is named after your project (#2 below). Important: you must select all the files that appear inside this folder and not this folder itself. Select all the files that appear in image 3 below and right-click and "send to zipped folder". 
• This new zipped folder can now be renamed to replace the ".zip" extension to be ".story"
• The "story" file can now be opened normally. If everything is great than this file can become your main project file in place of your backup.
• Bonus Tip: Use a free text editor program like Microsoft Visual Studio code and right click on the "media" folder and select "open with "VS Code". This allows you to open each file with one click and quickly preview files as well as globally search within files for specific text or spellcheck everything. 

Has this really not been figured out yet? If I can publish the project as one single video, I should have the option to publish the accompanying captions as one .vtt file to use with the .mp4. This feature is way overdue.  

Agreed. This feature is very much needed. When publishing to Word it would be very helpful and save a lot of time to have the CC published along with the other information. 

just putting my vote in here as well - it would be really helpful to have this capacity 

Putting my vote in as well. This would be super helpful to have and save a ton of time spent copying and pasting.

Hi all,

I've created an app that does the following:

1. Upload a Storyline 360 file
2. Export an Excel XLSX report of all closed captions in the Storyline file.
3. Edit captions in the report.
4. Generate captions via speech-to-text.
5. Generate audio via text-to-speech.
6. Download Storyline 360 file with updated captions.

I am looking for files for testing. While I'm still in the testing phase, if you can share a Storyline 360 file with me, and if the app works with your content, I'll return to you the report with your updated Storyline 360 file.

I can be reached at jimbertelsen@gmail.com

Thanks!

This looks quite interesting and well done. Is this React or Vue or equivalent. Out of curiosity, have you been able to address deleted audio with captions that still appear among the files because they still fall in the "undo/redo" list even though they were deleted and no longer in the scene?
I also like the the title of your project ;)

Thanks for the kinds words, Josh.

I am using some React, but not consistently.

I wasn't aware of undo/redo issue you mentioned. I haven't come across it, yet.

Here's another solution that will export a transcript of all captions in a Storyline 360 file. A working example story file is attached.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL-s9fJALjQ

Questions: jimbertelsen@gmail.com

Adding vote for ability to extract all closed captions to a singular file at once. 

Agree, it is odd you can export files, but cannot export the srts without doing it individually