Lectora 21 - Text to Speech Changing the Closed Captioning Display/ Controller Size
January 13, 2022 12:00 AM
I am wondering how you adjust the size of the Closed Captioning box for text-to-speech audio.
When I select AUDIO POSITION & SIZE the Width is set at 300, Height is set at 114. However it greyed out and I can not change it.
Additionally, I am unable to manually change the actual image.
It is stuck at the size you see below. This is actually an improvement from a few weeks ago when it was half the size you see now.
ps - I apologize if I am not using the terms correctly. Still learning the lingo.
Solution
Honestly, you don't want to use the built in closed captioning feature for audio for this reason.
You're better off creating a text box in the location of the page you want your captions to occur and then set text based on your own syncing.
Check this previous discussion: https://rockstars.elearningbrothers.com/discussion/comment/453886
Discussion (5)
@andrew-robertson thank-you, thank-you thank you. I will review this now and follow-up.
@andrew-robertson in the file you have for another questions I posted (which you answered too) you will see I did design a slide transcript which I believe agrees what you were initially suggesting.
Like @clammers I was hoping for a way to have the text sync with the audio for accessibility compliance. I will read through the thread provided more carefully. thanks again. :)
Honestly, you don't want to use the built in closed captioning feature for audio for this reason.
You're better off creating a text box in the location of the page you want your captions to occur and then set text based on your own syncing.
Check this previous discussion: https://rockstars.elearningbrothers.com/discussion/comment/453886
Thanks again @clammers I think for now I will go with the page transcript and not worry about the CC.
The solution @andrew-robertson provided is the best option I know of currently in Lectora (I agree using the built-in closed-captioning for audio is unusable); however, it's a lot of ground to lay. From an accessibility standpoint, you would also want to keep the playbar visible, but that would muck with the synched events.