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Alternative Text in a Text Box Object
I'm hitting the same problem. I want the screen reader to read the text in the text box, so I don't think alt text is needed. The text of the paragraph is too long for alt text, and specifying different alt text for a text box seems redundant and counter-productive.
I suppose the work-around is to create a lot of small text boxes with smaller character counts, so that when Storyline uses the text in the text box as redundant alt text, the text doesn't exceed the character limit. But I'm still confused about why this is happening at all.
Hello rhgrimes,
Thanks for sharing this, and I can see why the behavior would feel confusing.
For text boxes in Storyline, you don’t need to provide separate alt text, since screen readers will read the visible text in the box directly. Even if you see the paragraph appear in the Alt Text field, you don’t need to split your content into smaller text boxes or rewrite anything for accessibility. The screen reader will still handle the text box as-is.
If you notice the screen reader reading something different from what’s on the slide, definitely let us know. But based on what you’ve described, you can keep using your current setup without changing your workflow.