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Ronnie_Pilman
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2 years ago
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New in Storyline 360: Customize Closed Captions

Have you ever added closed captions only to realize they're covering up important slide content? Or maybe you wanted to change the colors to fit your brand guidelines? If so, you're in luck! With tw...
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  • StevenBenassi's avatar
    StevenBenassi
    2 months ago

    Hi Everyone!

    Happy to share that we've just released a new update for Storyline 360!

    In Build 3.105.35604.0 we’ve included essential fixes and new features. One of the bugs we’ve fixed is:

    • Black border/outline shows around closed caption text

     

    Launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer to take advantage of this update, and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You’ll find our step-by-step instructions here.

    Please let us know if you have any questions about this update, or the issue you reported!

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carolfowler-f24
Community Member
2 years ago

Hello everyone,

I've been following this discussion with great interest. I'm currently using VTT files for closed captions in my videos, but I have two key requirements that are essential for me:

1. Multilingual Support: I need the ability to offer captions in multiple languages.
2. Automatic Captions: I want the captions to start automatically as soon as the video begins.

Currently, my workflow involves creating VTT files in English, then translating them into Spanish and French separately using AI, resaving them as _es.vtt and __fr.vtt.

I duplicate the video 2 more times, each with its corresponding caption language, allowing users to select their preferred language via an icon (as the videos as lightslides). While this approach works, it's extra effort that I’d prefer to streamline.

Ideally, the features I require are:

1. A single video where viewers can choose their caption language without having to create multiple versions of the video.
2. Automatic captions that start as soon as the video plays, ensuring that users immediately have access to translations in their chosen language.

Thanks in advance for any other insights, or when these cc features would be adapted (Storyline 360)

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    Darthwilson
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Hey Carol.

    Not sure why your response is greyed out and say reported. But hopefully you get this reply. I would upload your video to Vimeo and embed it onto your Storyline slide. Vimeo let's you add multiple caption files in SRT and VTT formats. And more recently, Vimeo now supports multiple audio tracks which might be an option.

    I always use Vimeo to embed long videos so that the Storyline file size remains small.