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508, Text Input Fields, JAWS, and Storyline
Is there anyway to get assisstive technology (screen readers) to read an Alt Tag applied to a Text Entry Field. While doing 508 testing I ran into the fact that despite what is in the text entry fie...
Definitely a limitation of Storyline. There should be a method to add a label or alt text to form fields. Now that we have a new version of Storyline, the assumption (!) is that users who use screen readers won't press Tab to move through the page, but will use arrow keys. So a well-placed bit of text just before the field would work, BUT, we don't KNOW that the user will press arrow keys, so might not hear the text. Your solution is a workaround but will only work if the person is using arrow keys (because text boxes are no longer focusable). If the person tabs to the text box, they will NOT hear the instruction.