Tab Order and Alt Text

Hi Sandy,

Is the text inside the "   " marks, the Alt text, and the text outside of there the name of the object on the timeline?

If you don't yet have a screen reader, you could use JAWS as they have a free trial download and that's the supported screen reader as well. 

Hi Ashley,

In the Tab Order window, the table called Include in Tab Order has two columns. The first column is titled Shape. In that column, Articulate 360 automatically lists items on the page.

Example

* Shape column reads ... Tools you'll use - Title "Tools you'll use"

* In my timeline, the corresponding object is a text box named Title

* On the page, the text box reads ... Tools you'll use

For example

* Shape column reads ... Tools you'll use - Button Notification Center "Notification Center"

* In my timeline, the corresponding object is a button named Button Notification Center.

* On the page, the button reads ... Notification Center

I am wondering if I need to add Alternate text or will the screen reader read this way?

* Text Tools you'll use

* Button Notification Center

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Hi Sandy!

Here's an example of the Tab Order window:

In this example, the screen reader will read "Star" when the focus is on the Star object. This is because the word "Star" was added to the Alternate Text column.

If an object doesn’t have alternate text, screen readers will read the name of that object as it appears in the timeline.

Let me know if that answers your question! 

Hi Alyssa - yes, thank you.

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