While it is straight forward to add closed captions (cc) to slide voiceovers, I seem to have hit the roadblock when it comes to adding cc to an object containing audio (using actions) that is enabled via user input.
Is there a way to do this using advanced actions?
Thanks Michael! A hero
You’re welcome. It adds additional slides, but it maintains the look/feel and accommodates the accessibility needs you have.
Second that, hardly takes additional effort. Thanks again.
Hi Abrar, as a workaround, you can add an additional slide to simulate the pop-up, so when the user clicks on a button they go to another slide with the visual that looks like the previous slide with the pop-up open and then have the pop-up voiceover set as the slide audio for that new slide. I would also add a close button to the pop-up that would take them back to the previous slide. That way, you can add closed captioning for the pop-up slide using slide audio but still simulate the pop-up experience. I have done this several times in my captivate projects to ensure accessibility accommodations. Let me know if you have any questions or need further clarification.
Very impressive workround Micheal, thanks.
Closed captioning works only for slide audio and in slide video. Reason is logical: both are synchronized with Captivate’s timeline, and that synchronisation is required to show text appearing when the audio sounds. Think about movies.
Audio played as attachements to objects or with the Play Audio command are NOT syncrhonized with the timeline. Object audio plays when the object appears and will continue playing independently of the timeline. Same with the Play audio command. You can pause Captivate’s timeline without pausing that type of audio whereas slide audio can be paused.
You need some training about the Timeline:
https://elearning.adobe.com/2018/06/pausing-timeline-audio-clips/
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