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Alternative Text in a Text Box Object
I’m currently using Storyline 360 (Build 3.101.34925.0) with the AI upgrade. While reviewing a text box object (via right-click > Size and Position > Accessibility), I noticed that the Alt Text field is auto-filled with the entire contents of the text box. I don’t recall this behavior in previous builds, and I find it odd that the full text is inserted into the Alternative Text field, especially since that field has a 150-character limit. Additionally, the “Object is visible to accessibility tools” option is checked by default, but I believe I need that checked to have it show in the Focus Order. The inserted text appears in a lighter shade, and when I try to remove it, it simply reappears after I close and reopen the Accessibility window.
Interestingly, when I check the Focus Order, the Alt Text field remains empty. I do have Text-to-Speech enabled on these pages, but I’m not sure if that’s related.
Is this a new behavior introduced in the latest build or possibly tied to the AI upgrade—or am I just imagining things?
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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.
This is just Storyline letting you know that the Screen Reader is going to read the content in the Text Box as its Alternate Text.
