Storyline 360 Screen Reader Compatibility

Hi Nick!

Storyline 360 is officially supported with JAWS 16 or later. Hopefully the community can chime in with their experience using the other tools you listed here! Thanks for reaching out. :)

Our issue is this:  We want to be able to customize the tab order so that a person can tab through only the objects that need focus or interaction, (such as buttons), without having to tab through the text fields, however the screen reader seems to require the tabbing to include the text boxes in order to read them.   Anyone have a solution to this?

Hey Joe!

You can customize the tab order of your slides as well as remove some items if needed.

Check out this article.

Thanks Leslie,   We do that, and love the feature, however that is part of the problem.  In some other software(s) the JAWS reader is not reliant on the Focus of the tabbed item. That tabbing functionality can be separate from the words read by the JAWS reader.  That way we could have the tabbing only go to the objects requiring interaction ( if desired ), i.e.; NEXT, BACK, MENU, or interactive triggers for interactions, and links. Sighted but handicapped learners use this feature. Then let the JAWS reader read the text boxes without having to have them be in the tabbing order.  Anyways, I am done running down this rabbit hole.   Happy Holidays!

I have a student with a disability in my course.  He is using Claroread Plus and is having trouble with the slides reading the screen properly.  He is NOT a fan of JAWS.  Is there something that I need to do to make this screen reader work with Articulate 360?

Hi John!

JAWS 16 or later is what we recommend to view a fully responsive course for a screen recorder.

If your learner is running into issues with the way the screen is reading, these tips on building an accessible course should help!

Our institution uses Kurzweil 3000.  Is storyline 360 compatible?  It appears to not be picking up some of the on screen text.

Hi Shayne,

Thanks for reaching out! Storyline 360 courses work with the latest versions of NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, and TalkBack in our supported browsers. Unfortunately, we do not support Kurzweil 3000. You can find more details here:

• Accessibility in Published Courses

Hey,
Just wondering if there is anything in the pipeline for a future update supporting the Chrome Screen Reader - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screen-reader/kgejglhpjiefppelpmljglcjbhoiplfn?hl=en

Not that I'm aware of, Niall. I took a look at the link you shared and it looks as if it's not intended as a comprehensive solution and is actually no longer receiving updates:

Hi Shayne, does Storyline 360 work with ZoomText? i am getting feedback from ZoomText users to advise it does not. Thanks

Hi Jana!

We have not updated our list of supported screen readers to include ZoomText, but we shared the feature request with our team.

However, we added the modern player zoom to fill the gap in our accessibility zoom requirements.

Storyline 360: Modern Player Zoom Makes Courses More Accessible

I'll keep you updated in this discussion in that makes it on our feature roadmap.

Hello,

I have learners who are restricted to using Read&Write screen reader and they can't get it to read anything on their Storyline course beyond the title of the page. I was wondering if anyone had come up with a workaround for Read&Write specifically, or might know what is blocking the tool from working.

Thanks