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Storyline 360: Location of closed caption in the player
Is there a way to determine where on the screen the closed caption is displayed? All I have been able to do is have it play on top of the video. I would like it to show up below the video. We do software training and it doesn't always work to have the closed caption within the screen since it could end up covering something important.
Hi everyone,
I have some great news to share. We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 86, we’ve included important fixes and new features.
One of the new features we’ve included:
- Position captions at the top or bottom of the slide to ensure closed caption visibility and prevent the obstruction of critical course content.
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 me know if you have any questions.
Hello, Jennifer!
You can change the font and font size for captions, but there isn't a way to adjust the placement of the caption box. It'll appear along the bottom of the slide as a standard location for closed captions.
I'll let our team know you have a need to move the caption box – thanks for the idea!
I second this need. Another thing that I thought would be helpful would be to add a trigger or variable so that if CC is selected then then some formatting of the rest of the slide could change. The CC's take up a lot of real estate, and not every user finds them useful.
Would agree with the above. Would be helpful to have the caption boxes be able to move as you're losing content at the bottom of the screen due to its current fixed position.
Thanks, David for adding your voice here. We'll let folks know if this is changed within Storyline 360 by updating forum discussions like this one.
Is there any update to this request. We have templates where we place the captions in a specific location. In Adobe Captivate it is extremely easy to place captions where ever you would like them. It is going to be hard to convince my team to switch over to Storyline, if extremely simple functionality is not included in Storyline 360.
Hello Allen,
Thanks for checking in. We're still actively tracking requests for more customization options with closed captions, such as placement. I'll share your insight with the team and relay any new developments!
There is a community JavaScript approach for implementing this, in the meantime! Check out Michael Bibby's tutorial on how to reposition closed captions in Storyline 360.
I hope you add a feature to customize the background color of the closed captioning. Right now it's gray. If I have a colored background, closed captions are low in readability. The customization should be per slide depending on our slide color.
Hi Annilee,
Thanks for jumping in and sharing your thoughts regarding the feature request for the ability to customize closed captions!
I'll be sure to add your thoughts to the report and pop back in here when there's any progress to share!
It would be great if the closed captioning highlighted the place in the Notes that matched with the audio as I have seen in Presenter, instead of appearing in boxes at the bottom of the screen. Like previous comments, that takes up a lot of space on the screen.
Hi Anne!
That's helpful for us to know. I've added your comments to our current feature report.
Thank you for taking the time to share this with us!
