Storyline 360: Location of closed caption in the player

I'm responding to bring MORE attention. It's frustrating this recommendation has been out there for 4+ years and it has still not been acted on.  And this should be a priority, as this is a disability accessibility issue. This should be elevated over other "bells & whistles" functions development or improvements.

Please make this change soon. Failure to do so could encourage many learning designers to transition to Captivate so they can create the most accessible content for all abilities and disabilities. 

I want to echo what Anthony Whitehead stated above. This should not be regarded as an optional "feature." This is basic accessibility and has human rights implications for anyone using SL360 to offer courses/training. Not including viable/functional CC options is discriminatory. The issues raised regarding the legibility of the closed captioning and the option to have it outside of the player window is critical for it to be a useful feature.  Please attend to this SOON, Articulate 360!!!

 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.

Good day
do you have any updates?

I tried to type the code/JavaScript from the video below (Storyline 360: Creating and Editing Closed Captions with Location of closed caption in the player - YouTube)

if (!window.movedCaptions){
var sheet = document.createElement('style');
sheet.innerHTML = ".caption{margin-bottom:190% !important} .caption
p {backround-color: rgba(0, 0, 0.6" !important}";
document.body.appendChild(sheet);
window.movedCaptions = true;

}

However, unfortunately it is not working, even if I am uploading the scorm in my LMS.
Any suggestions what can be done to have an opportunity to change the captions position on the slide?

Thanks

Also when you have the view on horizontal in mobile.. the captions are not all the way down so its blocking the content.. yeah that code above doesnt work

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. 

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.