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Creating a Caption File

Screenshot from Flash Accessbility training

Sample set of instructions on how to set up captions within Flash. Courtesy of MSF&W.com.

Earlier, you learned that caption editors usually generate a specialized file as your output. The file combines your transcript with timing information, laid out in a specific format.

Each player specifies where to locate the file on your web server. If you have a custom setup, then you may have an XML file managing that setup, including the location of the caption file.

For example:

As shown on the right, using the FLVPlaybackCaptioning component in Flash requires that you specify where the "source" of XML file that contains your captioning text.

Let's explore the different types of caption file formats in a little more detail.