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508 Compliance Alt Text and Object States
For one of our customers, we are working on updating an existing Storyline360 course and making it 508 compliant. During this process, we are updating the alternate text/aria labels for objects in t...
Hi Nikki,
The way alt text works in an object with states is:
- It'll read the default alt text of the object from its Normal state.
- It'll read the alt text of your button’s Normal state and any custom states when you enter the alt text in the Size and Position window while editing those states.
The alt text of built-in states will not be read.
Our team is still looking at an issue where JAWS doesn't read the alt text from Tab Order for objects with multiple states.
In the meantime, there are a few workarounds you could use:
- Manually change the alternate text of the states. (Edit state > Righ click object for each state > Size and position > Accessibility)
- Modify the alt text in the Tab Order before adding a state to the object.
We'll let you know here as soon as we have additional updates!