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DebbieThomps690
Community Member
8 years ago

Export Closed Captioning

Is there a way to export all of my closed captioning to a word document if I added it directly to storyline and did not import it?
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JoshDean-9a3016
Community Member
4 years ago

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.