Generating MP3 files or podcasts

If you have Adobe Captivate installed, you also have access to an easy-to-use audio editor that enables you to record your voice, edit, and output MP3 files in addition to nice-looking SWF files. You can use the SWF file in your blog or web page play it on Pocket PCs, and play the audio file with portable audio players.

• Play the Adobe Captivate demonstration: Sample podcast from Frank Nguyen

Simply create a one-slide project, record it, and edit your audio (see Figure 7). Export the Adobe Captivate content through the Advanced Audio dialog box.

Figure 7. Easily edit your recorded audio with the built-in audio editor.

The Advanced Audio dialog box also enables you to add closed captioning and include audiences that are hearing-impaired and often have to miss out on podcasts that don't include the script (see Figure 8).

Figure 8. Enter the script and time with the audio files to provide closed captioning and give hearing-impaired learners access to your training content.

See an Adobe Captivate demonstration on how to export MP3 files out of an Adobe Captivate project:

Play the Adobe Captivate demonstration: How to export audio in MP3 format

You can download a sample Adobe Captivate podcast template from the Adobe Captivate Exchange.

Where to go from here

As you have seen in this article, it's very easy to develop mobile learning content for portable audio and video players. Using Adobe Captivate, you can be a learning professional on the cutting edge and provide learning in formats for your audience needs, so they can learn anywhere and any time.

Attributions

• Read about on informal learning with Adobe Captivate and Adobe Contribute.
• Download Adobe Captivate.
• Learn the basics of using Adobe Captivate in Kevin Siegel's Skills and Drills. Use the following code for a 20% discount for online lessons: 8t1dk.
• Download Flash Player for Pocket PC.
• Get more information about Sothink SWF to Video Converter: Sothink Media website.

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