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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.
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Storyline 360: Creating and Editing Closed Captions with Location of closed caption in the player
Hi! The last update on this was 10 months ago. Any new updates?
Still hoping for good news on this feature request, but I did just find a good video on creating your own transcript box using layers, variables and triggers. This might be a good option for us although it would be more work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bASTUR71_qM
I agree! Being able to control the location of the caption box would be ideal.
Anything new on this request?
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?
ThanksAlso 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
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!!!
Joining this conversation to express our urgent need for this feature. We need to be able to prevent captions blocking onscreen content.
