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In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Accessibility Updates in Q1 2026

Welcome to our Q1 2026 update!

This quarter, we focused on improving how training integrates with assistive technologies while reducing the effort required to build accessible content. With expanded AI support for alt text and captions, better screen reader announcements, and more fully accessible interactions, it’s now easier to create training that works for a wider range of people.

Our community continues to grow. We now have 916 members, an increase of 92 this quarter. We’re glad you’re here. 

Let’s take a look at what’s new this quarter!

Product Updates

Rise

  • New: Do even more with knowledge check blocks, quizzes, and question bank questions by adding audio.
  • Enhanced: Quiz timer announcements are available for screen readers, as well as a timed quiz section in screen reader announcement labels.
  • Enhanced: Sorting Activity blocks are now fully accessible.
  • Enhanced (Beta): Localize custom blocks with Articulate Localization to maintain consistency across every language.
  • Fixed: Screen readers couldn’t read modified text labels for media player buttons.

Storyline

  • Enhanced: Manage AI-generated alt text suggestions as you work directly from the Size and Position window or the media library.
  • Enhanced: AI alt text suggestions generated by the accessibility checker are saved throughout your workflow, keeping bulk-generated suggestions available until you review them.
  • Enhanced: The accessibility checker now displays a distinctive icon when AI-generated alt text suggestions are awaiting review.
  • Enhanced: Speed up your accessibility workflow by generating captions directly from AI Chat.
  • Enhanced: Deliver accessible surveys with a built-in Likert scale question that supports screen readers and keyboard navigation.
  • Enhanced: Get AI-generated alt text suggestions automatically when you import assets, making your courses more accessible with less effort.
  • Enhanced: Link and file icons in the resources player tab now meet accessibility color contrast guidelines.
  • Fixed: Slide content shifted when navigating to objects at the bottom of a slide with a JAWS screen reader.
  • Fixed: NVDA screen reader users could access hidden scrollbars in player tab content.
  • Fixed: The closed captions editor showed captions for text-to-speech narration even though caption generation was turned off.
  • Fixed: The accessibility checker skipped markers when checking interactive objects for the minimum target size.
  • Fixed: Keyboard navigation didn’t work for hyperlinked text inside shapes or text boxes with triggers.
  • Fixed: Screen readers didn’t read alt text for object states if the original object was deleted or the normal state didn’t have alt text.
  • Fixed: In pick-one and pick-many interactions, screen readers announced SVG checkboxes as checked before learners selected their answer.
  • Fixed: JAWS screen readers announced numbered lists incorrectly.
  • Fixed: The accessibility focus indicator was misaligned when text was animated by paragraph.
  • Fixed: The Keyboard Shortcuts window didn’t display all available commands because the scrollbar didn’t work.
  • Fixed: Screen readers announced check boxes and their alt text as separate elements.
  • Fixed: Center-aligned text shifted left when the Accessible Text setting was enabled on the player.
  • Fixed: Hyperlinks sometimes behaved erratically during keyboard navigation.

Other Updates

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