I am creating my first course in storyline 2 that needs to comply with Section 508 Accessibility.
What does "Make all display of alternate text and audio descriptions user-selectable." means in the Section 508 Accessibility requirement which is Author-Controlled Compliance. And how can i implement it in my course.
That specific item applies to item (e) of subsection 1194.24:
§ 1194.24 Video and multimedia products
(e) Display or presentation of alternate text presentation or audio descriptions shall be user-selectable unless permanent.
Specifically, this means that the captions for audio alternative must be closed captions. This means the user must be able to turn them on or off. There is a funny caveat in that subsection that indicates "they must be user-selectable" unless they aren't. Which is silly:) I think they mean that if it's burned into the video, that's OK. Closed captions are always preferred.
There are a few ways to add closed captions to your output. I have my preferred method which uses triggers and staggered trigger objects, an object on the master slide to display the captions. It seems daunting until you do it once or twice. Like manual page numbering, it's not really that bad if you use a system.
You got the right thing for which i had the query (they must be user-selectable), I thought that the text should be selectable as we have them in the html courses. Your explanation is clear and has solved my issue.
2 Replies
This post was removed by the author
That specific item applies to item (e) of subsection 1194.24:
§ 1194.24 Video and multimedia products
(e) Display or presentation of alternate text presentation or audio descriptions shall be user-selectable unless permanent.
Specifically, this means that the captions for audio alternative must be closed captions. This means the user must be able to turn them on or off. There is a funny caveat in that subsection that indicates "they must be user-selectable" unless they aren't. Which is silly:) I think they mean that if it's burned into the video, that's OK. Closed captions are always preferred.
There are a few ways to add closed captions to your output. I have my preferred method which uses triggers and staggered trigger objects, an object on the master slide to display the captions. It seems daunting until you do it once or twice. Like manual page numbering, it's not really that bad if you use a system.
Thanks Steve,
You got the right thing for which i had the query (they must be user-selectable), I thought that the text should be selectable as we have them in the html courses. Your explanation is clear and has solved my issue.
thanks once again.
This discussion is closed. You can start a new discussion or contact Articulate Support.