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Exporting all captions
I have created a Storyline360 file, and each slide has its own audio and closed captioning created within Articulate. I can export the closed captions for individuals slides but can I export all captions for the whole file?
Also when I publish to video the captions don't appear to come with it, and I then need to attach a caption file?
I am VERY new to this, and hope some can help.
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Storyline now creates the .srt with mp4 so YouTube and others can use for close captions.
Thank you so much. You have no idea how much time I have spent trying to figure this out today.
Please add the ability to include CC in MP4 output. I was amazed that this wasn't an option already...
Mike, could you explain what you mean? I don't believe mp4s support closed captions; that's usually the function of the software playing the mp4. Even if you publish a captioned course as a video, you would need to pair the video with a new set of captions. The mp4, on a code level, would have no way to store the captions.
The one way I could see this kind of working is if you mean that when the trigger Player.DisplayCaptions is True, the the CCs would be burned into the footage. I did just publish a course to a video in that situation, and the CCs were not burned on.
Our workflow includes running audio through a 3rd party captioning program (Sonix.ai) to create an .srt. The .srt, when named the same as the audio or video, automatically uploads into Storyline with the media. I can also copy the srt text into the notes tab (still hoping for universal formatting), and then they can be "exported to Word" or File>Translations> Export to... to make transcripts for review.
A workaround is to export to video, which creates a .vtt. Open the vtt in Word, then Find/Replace using "00:*^13" (or appropriate) to remove the timestamp. Still needs a little formating and paragraph removal, but works relatively quickly. Good luck
Perfect! Thanks 😊
Thank you kindly for this helpful tip. I did not know about this at all.
Respectfully,
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Ditto! I too would like to be able to export ALL the captions at one time. Thank you.
Hello,
I would also like an option to export the closed captions from the entire project at once. It is very cumbersome and time intensive to export each individual slide, let alone time them in the video. Please make this a priority!
Hi Jannicke, Maria, Linn, and Kate!
Thanks for sharing that you'd like to see the feature to export all captions in a course to a single file in Storyline 360. I've added your votes to that request. We'll update this discussion once it is added to our feature roadmap.
Have a great day ahead!
Also a vote from me to export all captions from Storyline - that would save a lot of time!
Please add my vote to this feature as well! Export of all close captions. That would be great!
I would love it if all captions in Storyline could be exported in a file. For accessibility compliance and workflow, it would make my job easier.
