Closed Captions for Ruzuku Videos

Nov 17, 2023

I have what might be a rather difficult question for all of you. At my company, we use Ruzuku to host our OnDemand learning. In the platform, you are able to add videos that participants can watch that relate to the learning. We were previously using PowerPoint and Articulate Studio to create the videos; however, we are now importing those files into Storyline and publishing them as videos.

To make the videos accessible, I suggested that we caption the audio tracks in each slide and then publish to video. However, it doesn’t look like Ruzuku allows you to display closed captions in their video player. I think an option might be to upload the videos to YouTube, get the embedding code, and embed them in the player.

Does anyone happen to know anything about this? I’m just uncertain as to how to make this work.

Thanks!

3 Replies

Sarah Hodge
Staff

6 months ago11/17/23 at 6:41 pm (UTC)

Hi Brandon! Thanks for posting your question here! I'm unfamiliar with Ruzuku, but you mentioned that you're using Storyline 360 to publish to video. In that case, does this solution work? It includes a link to add captions to videos and another link to publish your project to a video file. Not sure if this solves it, but thought I'd share just in case. 🤞

Brandon Dameshek
Author

6 months ago11/17/23 at 7:18 pm (UTC)

Thank you for your response, Sarah, but I'm still struggling to get this to work correctly. I have reached out to Ruzuku to see if they have a solution.

paul warnick

6 months ago11/18/23 at 8:49 am (UTC)

Closed captions for Ruzuku videos refer to the text that appears on the screen to provide a written version of the spoken content. To add closed captions to your Ruzuku videos, you typically follow these general steps:

Create a Transcript:
- Transcribe the spoken content of your video into text. You can use transcription services or transcribe manually.
Convert Transcript to Caption File:
- Convert the transcript into a caption file format, such as SubRip (.srt) or WebVTT (.vtt). You can use text editors or captioning tools for this.
Upload Caption File to Ruzuku:
- Check if Ruzuku supports caption uploads. Many platforms allow you to upload caption files for your videos. If Ruzuku supports this feature, there should be an option in the video settings or management section.
Sync Timing (if necessary):
- Ensure that the timing of the captions aligns with the corresponding spoken words in the video. Some caption files may require manual adjustment to sync with the video.