508 Compliance issue: Subtitling Captivate Slides, esp for Breeze

My organization is designing a software demonstration for the
Department of Labor, so our work must be 508 compliant. I think I
can make our simulation work with screen readers, but I must also
include subtitles for the audio instructions in order to make it
fully 508 compliant. Is it possible to include a separate notes
pane when publishing from Captivate to Breeze?
In the past, when we've published our PowerPoint
presentations to Breeze, the end user is able to determine whether
or not to display the notes for the audio, and when they do, a
separate pane opens underneath the presentation. I can't seem to
duplicate this feature in Captivate. The software we're explaining
takes up a great deal of the screen real estate-- placing text
boxes over the simulation would not work. Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks!

Hello again Scott
Here's the deal.
1. The workaround I'm about to present was not developed by
me. It was developed by my friend and colleague John Daigle. I just
don't want to take credit that isn't due.
2. This workaround hasn't seemed to work for some folks. Why
isn't clear yet.
So here goes.
Publish your output to a temporary folder. When you publish,
make sure that you have selected Flash Player 7 where you see Flash
Player Version. It is normally the default, so unless you
specifically changed it, you shouldn't need to change it. But it's
critical that this version appear here. Otherwise, the process is
moot.
After you publish, back in the Captivate project, wherever
you have a full motion clip, insert a blank slide immediately
preceding the full motion clip. Configure the Slide timing to match
the full motion clip. Note the name of the full motion clip.
On the new Blank slide, click Insert > Animation... and
browse to that temporary folder you created earlier when you
published. Insert the corresponding full motion clip you should
find there.
Delete the slide with the original full motion clip.
Rinse and repeat until all slides with full motion clips have
been eradicated and you have new slides consisting of the "other"
full motion clips you published.
Now publish again. Again, be sure you choose Flash Player 7.
Assuming this works for you, you should end up with a single
.SWF that is the sum of all the former .SWF files. The only real
exception to this is if you used some of the supplied Flash
Animation. A few of those here and there will still result in
additional .SWF files.
Give that a go and let us know how you fare. As I said
earlier, others have tried this and it failed for them. Which
puzzled me, because it works for John and myself.
Cheers... Rick

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