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StephanieFri027's avatar
StephanieFri027
Community Member
4 years ago

Creating an MP4 in Storyline to embed into Rise

I have created a video (MP4) in Storyline and am trying to get it into Rise with CC enabled.  Do I need to take the MP4 and upload it to YouTube just to get the CC file?  I usually use the Resource tab as my transcript so if I were to set the content up to run like a video that's an option, but if I remove menu controls there is nothing available for the transcript and I can't get the previous and next buttons to go away otherwise.  Am I missing something and making this far more over-complicated than it should be?  Thanks for your help!!!

  • I was hoping I'd not have to add the extra step going from Storyline to Rise but it doesn't seem avoidable. Thanks for the article, I will put it to good use :)  Thanks for your help!

  • BWoods's avatar
    BWoods
    Former Staff

    Hi Bridget,

    That's a great question! The article Bridget linked to is perfect for finding out how to add closed captions/subtitles to a video in Rise with a VTT file. But if you don't already have a VTT file of your captions, there are a few ways in addition to Microsoft Stream to create it.

    • Manually create one in Notepad (here’s a tutorial). This works especially well if you have a script and are just adding in the time markers.
    • Use a transcription service. If you don't already have a script or if you don't want to have to manually add in your time markers, then this is a faster option. Transcription services will, using human and/or ai transcribers, create the entire transcript with timing for you. I've personally used Otter.ai and liked it (although you have to convert the SRT file it gives you to VTT - which is easy, but an added step). I've heard other L&D people mention liking the results from rev.com, and there are a number of other freemium and paid services like this available too.
    • Use YouTube's automatic subtitles. You can also use the auto subtitling features in YouTube to generate a VTT subtitle file for free and then download it from your account.

    Side note: always review the accuracy of the transcription if you didn't do it yourself - especially AI generated ones, as they rarely are 100% perfect.

    While creating a VTT file like this definitely takes more time than putting your transcript in a resource tab, the closed captioning it provides does tend to lead to a better learner experience. So that bit of extra work often is worth it.

    • StephanieFri027's avatar
      StephanieFri027
      Community Member

      Interesting.  I do have a script so the manual addition may not be too hard.  Thanks so much for the information, I am all about making the best learner experience I can!