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Announcing content.
Hi AaronBurgessAU . When a user navigates to a new slide in Storyline, there are certain things announced to the user. This is when a new slide is navigated to though. It does not mean the screen reader should then continue and read the page without the user choosing for that to happen.
You can announce content in Storyline by using layers that are set to prevent access to the base layer. I use this technique sparingly though, where instant feedback is needed. For the most part, it is a case of ensuring you are using semantic mark-up (heading are using a heading level, lists are using list items etc) and that the focus/reading order has been set-up correctly.
When you announce content, you are telling the screen reader to interrupt what it's doing and announce the content or change in state. This is a valuable tool, but is definitely not necessary for every slide in a course. Navigating to a new slide will provide necessary feedback to the screen reader user that they have loaded new content.
I think I'd have to see a a specific issue that they have raised and ensure they provide the following details. Expected behaviour, Observed behaviour, Assistive Tech used, Browser, Operating system and WCAG guideline that the issue impacts.
I could definitely understand raising this issue for some cases. For example, a stopwatch announcing "20 second to go" or "You must make a selection before selecting submit". In these scenarios, failing to announce that information at the time when it is needed and not relying on the user to "discover" that information is essential, but in most cases, discovering the information, by naturally moving through the content from top left to bottom right is normal behaviour.
This is what they wrote.
"When the user activates the Play button to begin the interactive video presentation, the first slide (Slide 2: “Introduction”) appears visually on screen. However, no content is announced by screen readers. simillarly when user interact with actionable elements in all slides and new slides appers no annoucement occure of screen reader users."
To clarify I have a focus order, some items have Alt-Text and I have tested the project using NVDA and while using the arrow keys I can hear the text being read out and any other important element that the user may need to know about.
Hi AaronBurgessAU . When a user navigates to a new slide in Storyline, there are certain things announced to the user. This is when a new slide is navigated to though. It does not mean the screen reader should then continue and read the page without the user choosing for that to happen.
You can announce content in Storyline by using layers that are set to prevent access to the base layer. I use this technique sparingly though, where instant feedback is needed. For the most part, it is a case of ensuring you are using semantic mark-up (heading are using a heading level, lists are using list items etc) and that the focus/reading order has been set-up correctly.
When you announce content, you are telling the screen reader to interrupt what it's doing and announce the content or change in state. This is a valuable tool, but is definitely not necessary for every slide in a course. Navigating to a new slide will provide necessary feedback to the screen reader user that they have loaded new content.
I think I'd have to see a a specific issue that they have raised and ensure they provide the following details. Expected behaviour, Observed behaviour, Assistive Tech used, Browser, Operating system and WCAG guideline that the issue impacts.
I could definitely understand raising this issue for some cases. For example, a stopwatch announcing "20 second to go" or "You must make a selection before selecting submit". In these scenarios, failing to announce that information at the time when it is needed and not relying on the user to "discover" that information is essential, but in most cases, discovering the information, by naturally moving through the content from top left to bottom right is normal behaviour.