New released version breaks tabbing

Hi Robi!

What you're noticing with the Tab Order is expected behavior after the accessibility enhancements we've made in Update 36 (Build 3.36.21213.0) for Storyline 360!

These enhancements were built to elevate the way Storyline behaves with screen readers. 

Previously, learners tabbed to each object on a slide for screen readers to read it. That method was accessible, but it wasn’t the best experience. So we optimized slide navigation to require fewer keystrokes for screen reader users and keyboard-only users.

Now, the tab order that you define for each slide in Storyline 360 controls the reading order of text and images for screen readers as well as the navigation order of interactive elements, such as buttons, hotspots, and data-entry fields. Here’s how the new experience works.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Hi,

Thank you for your reply. Maybe it's supposed to work like that, but it doesn't. It doesn't read the slide automatically. It just gets lost.

Robi

Hi Robi,

It sounds like a course you designed for the older methodology of tabbing through every item isn't working properly using the new accessible player. I'm not sure what you mean by getting "lost," but the screen reader should circulate back to the slide content and using the screen reader navigation keys (up/down arrows), you can move through the objects on the slide.

A video shared by one of our users goes into detail about the differences. If you need help or would like us to take a look at your course for testing, feel free to connect with us, and we'll let you know if we run into the same issues!

Hi,

Thank you. I'll check it out. I plan on downloading the new release on a different computer and test it that way. "lost" because I tabbed and it kept reading "unknown" and I couldn't even see where the focus was.

Robi