Keep the captions in an external XML file. Have an event trigger a text
field to update. For example, I use Xpath and wrote this function,
which updates based on a movie's current frame (because I am using the
media playback component's cue points which advance the frames based on
the cue points) - but could be any event:
function showCaption(thisFrame:Number):Void{
caption_txt.text =
XPath.selectNodes(_parent.session.data.xmlFiles["content_xml"],"content/
welcome/message/caption["+(thisFrame-1)+"[EMAIL PROTECTED]");
}
showCaption(theMovieClip._currentframe);
Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders-
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derivative
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 11:45 AM
>>To: Flashcoders mailing list
>>Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Displaying transcript on-screen for
hearing-impaired
>>
>>Sorry - Should have clarified. These movies are just Flash movies
>>although I will be doing some FLV's in a while so that is helpful,
>>particulary thrwoing the text in XML for the client.
>>
>>Sean
>>
>>On 12/14/05, Merrill, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> When you mean, "movies" - do you mean video clips or Flash movies?
If
>>> you mean video clips, then Flash MX 2004 and Flash 8 have built-in
cue
>>> point features. Coincidentally, I was just doing some of this last
>>> night for a Flash 7 file. Using the Media Playback component, you
can
>>> add cue points to video and display text on screen. I've even got
the
>>> caption text in an external XML file that the client can edit if
they
>>> need. Pretty easy to set up and looks pretty slick too. Information
is
>>> in the help files.
>>>
>>> Jason Merrill | E-Learning Solutions | icfconsulting.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >>-----Original Message-----
>>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:flashcoders-
>>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derivative
>>> >>Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 11:26 AM
>>> >>To: Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
>>> >>Subject: [Flashcoders] Displaying transcript on-screen for
>>> hearing-impaired
>>> >>
>>> >>Hola -
>>> >>
>>> >>I am working on a project that includes several movies which the
>>> >>client wants to make more usable to hearing-impaired viewers.
>>> >>I have done this in the past simply by syncing up scrolling text
on
>>> >>the timeline but this obviously gets annoying over several movies,
>>> >>edits, etc. I know Flash has some usability features built-in (for
>>> >>screen-readers, etc) but we are assuming the viewer has no
appropriate
>>> >>software for handling voice-over and we need include it.
>>> >>
>>> >>So - anyone know of any clever methods of doing this and perhaps
even
>>> >>a more user-friendly method?
>>> >>
>>> >>- Sean
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