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Closed Caption Translations SL3
I'm trying to use the closed captioning feature in Storyline 3. Is there a way to export the course along with the captions for translation? From what I can tell, it looks like I'll have to export the captions as a separate file than the rest of the course. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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Thanks, Doris.
We are not currently working on this feature.
I wanted to share some information about how we manage these feature requests, which may be helpful. You can see what we are currently working on here:
I am disappointed and a bit frustrated that you are not working on this. You can see by the amount of feedback that the community was looking for this feature. I am frustrated that for years the implication was that this feature was being worked on. This was the same type of discussion that happened with making a native Storyline for Mac products. For years we were told it was being worked on and one day it was off the roadmap. I really wish you would do a survey about what features are important to the community.
+18!
Oops, must not have seen the end of this thread. Looks like I'm closer to #20 or #21. I'm sure there are many more Storyline users who would like this feature, so let's keep the thread going :)
#22 and counting ...
I developed a workflow with the vtt-files (converting and adding them into a single word file), but it´s still annoying a*f* to import closed captions. And here´s another topic I wish Articulate would add: Why are automatically generated closed captions always randomly disassembled? Please program the function so that it is oriented to the period of a sentence!
#23, please...
Hi all,
I built an app that takes a Storyline 360 file and produces an Excel XLSX report with all media and captions listed by slide. It can also generate captions from audio using speech-to-text, and integrate them back into the Story file to download.
I haven't tried it with Storyline 3, but if you want to share a Storyline 3 (or 360) file with me while I'm still in the testing phase (and assuming the app works with your content) I can provide you with the Excel report, updated Story file, and media files.
I can be reached at jimbertelsen@gmail.com .Super cool, Jim! I don't need to translate my courses anymore, but I just wanted to say how neat it is that you've done that!!
Wow, thanks for your update about the Excel report with example images. I may reach out to you. :)
+24 please
I will not stop posting this request.
We produce an increasing amount of courses with up to 400 audio-files in about 10-15 languages.
I cannot believe that I have to copy and paste each closed caption individually. This feels absolutely unprofessional to me!
Unfortunately in our company we are not allowed to use "unknown" apps like Jim's. I would expect this work from Articulate anyway. We are really thinking of changing the authoring tool because of this missing feature....
Please excuse my angry tone, but I've been frustrated for years about this issue.Adding to this thread to request this be a built in feature. Would love to be able to develop a course in English that has Closed Captions done in Storyline. Then a simple 'Export Translation Table' with an option to include 'closed captions'. Then we could have the doc translated and import back into the course. We have a lot of these courses coming and this would make our lives so much easier. Thank you!
+18.
The workaround I have found is to put whatever I'm putting in the captions into the "Notes" section. Those will export and translate. However, it is still tedious to have to take that translation and move it into the Text to Speech box for each slide. (Especially when you have a lot of slides!)
