split closed captions
I wish there was a way to position the playhead, then position the cursor in the caption, the split it into two captions. Even better, it would be great it if you could type in one caption, then set a number of words/characters and Captivate could split the caption up itself. Instead of this useful stuff, all we get is a little yield sign in the upper right telling us the huge caption will obscure the screen.
Mark Whitney
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Caleb Danielson
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If I could add to the suggestion here, it would be helpful if Captivate could automatically split your transcript/script into captions of an appropriate length when using the generate text-to-speech feature. With the current workflow, to have well-timed (a few seconds per caption) and appropriately sized captions (not so large that they cover the entire screen), we have to manually split our transcript or longer captions into multiple smaller captions, clicking the "add new caption" button and then double clicking to edit the text for each caption.
Over the course of a narration-heavy project, which could involve a few dozen captions on each slide, this adds up to a lot of time for a process that could go faster with an improved workflow. Ideally, there would be an option to paste the entire transcript for each slide, and to allow Captivate to automatically split the text into appropriately sized captions. We should still be able to edit each caption manually, to ensure high quality captions.
This feature might look similar to YouTube's caption editor in YouTube Studio (screenshot from a video tutorial included for reference). The important thing is that we would hopefully be able to split up our captions appropriately without having to do it manually, and that there would be an easier, more accessibility-friendly option than just copy-pasting the entire transcript into the first caption (which could be a popular workaround for the current workflow, but does not create an ideal end-result for the users who rely on closed captions).
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AdminShivang
(Admin, Adobe Captivate)
commented
Thank you for your suggestion.
You may consider the option to add separate closed captions with split content as per your requirement and check if it meets your requirements.
In case it still doesn't work could you please share more details or specific scenarios so we can review and assist further?
