New in Storyline 360: Customize Closed Captions

I'd like to see a way to have the caption placeholders match the TTS editor line breaks you add in / separated at logical speaking/pausing places. Even if you enter line breaks in the TTS Editor as another article states, it still does the captions however it sees fit and there is work you have to do with split captions or manual placeholders.  Is there another workaround that I am not aware of? 

I used to be able to import captions simultaneously with the video by making sure both files had the same name. But now, after this update with the caption formatting, I have to import the close caption file after inserting the video. Has anyone else noticed this? Or having this problem?

Agree to all of the above - but I'd also like to see that simply adding a comma to the text-to-speech doesn't completely mess up the rest of the caption alignments. HUGE waste of time!

Looking at it close up, this is what CC looks like now. It's extremely inaccessible.

This is a nice addition, thanks! I'd like to know if there's a way to force closed captions to be switched on by default in the player? Right now, with the CC option available in the player, the learner has to click it to switch them on

Customization? That's music to my ears. This level of customization can greatly enhance the overall viewing experience and maintain the brand's identity across different media platforms.  I'll use this on my next project!

Any way to mass import closed captions? I have tried the method where it says to import a media file with a .srt in the same directory with the same name but that doesn't seem to work for mp3s?

I have 93 audio clips that already existed in a project without closed captions, have created both .srt and .vtt files for those clips, named the same as the audio file (e.g. layer1.mp3, layer1.srt, and layer1.vtt all in the same directory) and now want to mass import the captions. I have tried re-importing the audio files into the project but that doesn't seem to work.

Currently, my process will need to be a total of 279 clicks (3 clicks per file) plus the 5-10 second lag time needed to insert a single caption. I feel this should be able to be done in an easier way.

It works for me when you have the SRT and audio file the same name and import the audio using the media library. But it only imports the captions when you physically add the audio to a slide. It's a bit quirky, so it's as if it doesn't import to the media library at first. See if that works for you. 

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)

Thanks for that scott. No idea about greyed out either. I would also use vimeo but the client does not want their customers to link to another URL from their website. Vimeo or youtube would ideally be better but it without links to 3rd party platforms.