I understand from an accessibility standpoint, audio and/or video should not play on a slide without a users consent...users must manually play all audio and video. What is the recommendation to meet this requirement without requiring users to hit a play button on every slide? Is there a way to set it up so that the default is manual play but the user can select an autoplay option so that audio plays automatically?
You'll also want to keep in mind that a lot of the browsers have changed their autoplay policies for media, and as such a user will need to interact with content to have it automatically play. We've updated Storyline to account for this, and you'll see a new play button to start out a course with audio/video.
Each browser's autoplay policy is a little different, so I encourage you to check out these articles for details.
Firefox: Firefox hasn't blocked media from autoplaying yet, but it's on the roadmap.
As for forcing the autoplay through a course based on a user's selection, could you adjust a variable for Autoplay, and set a trigger to play media when timeline starts if the variable is True. You'd still want to keep a trigger to play media when the user clicks in the event that they didn't choose the autoplay option.
Hi there, Vicki! If you're publishing with any of the latest versions of Storyline, you'll see the play button on your output in Google Chrome and Safari. Let me know if you're seeing otherwise! I'm happy to test an output link if you share it here.
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Hi Christine,
You'll also want to keep in mind that a lot of the browsers have changed their autoplay policies for media, and as such a user will need to interact with content to have it automatically play. We've updated Storyline to account for this, and you'll see a new play button to start out a course with audio/video.
Each browser's autoplay policy is a little different, so I encourage you to check out these articles for details.
Google Chrome:
Video won't autoplay
Audio won't play
Safari 11:
Video won't autoplay
Firefox:
Firefox hasn't blocked media from autoplaying yet, but it's on the roadmap.
As for forcing the autoplay through a course based on a user's selection, could you adjust a variable for Autoplay, and set a trigger to play media when timeline starts if the variable is True. You'd still want to keep a trigger to play media when the user clicks in the event that they didn't choose the autoplay option.
Thanks Ashley!
When will we see the "new play button to start out a course with audio/video" referenced by Ashley.
Hi there, Vicki! If you're publishing with any of the latest versions of Storyline, you'll see the play button on your output in Google Chrome and Safari. Let me know if you're seeing otherwise! I'm happy to test an output link if you share it here.
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