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ErrolMackey-2e3
Community Member
5 years ago

Base layer accessibility issue

I'm having an issue where the screen reader reads the base layer when you click on a child layer of the base layer.  The user is suppose to read text on the base layer and click one of several but...
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TanudjaGibson-a
Community Member
4 years ago

HI Elizabeth

Preventing clicking on the base layer while on a layer negates one of the great creative functionalities of Storyline 360. It limits creativity in how content is presented. Many are suggesting that instead of tabbed interactions we don't use layers, just add more slides. If you also stop using animations in layers (as suggested in other discussions) and make all text boxes/objects appear at the start of the layer timeline, then that reduces creativity further. 

I don't see any developments planned to overcome these limitations in the Articulate roadmap - what's the point of buying a Storyline subscription if we can't use the very functionality that makes it different from PPT.  

The lack of frank and detailed documentation about what can and cannot be achieved (and how to do it) is also very frustrating. I'm spending hours trawling through forums just to work out how to make basic stuff (like audio narration) work with screen readers and sighted users.

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MentalGarden
Community Member
3 years ago
Tanudja Gibson

HI Elizabeth

Preventing clicking on the base layer while on a layer negates one of the great creative functionalities of Storyline 360. It limits creativity in how content is presented. Many are suggesting that instead of tabbed interactions we don't use layers, just add more slides. If you also stop using animations in layers (as suggested in other discussions) and make all text boxes/objects appear at the start of the layer timeline, then that reduces creativity further. 

I don't see any developments planned to overcome these limitations in the Articulate roadmap - what's the point of buying a Storyline subscription if we can't use the very functionality that makes it different from PPT.  

The lack of frank and detailed documentation about what can and cannot be achieved (and how to do it) is also very frustrating. I'm spending hours trawling through forums just to work out how to make basic stuff (like audio narration) work with screen readers and sighted users.

I agree!  The accessibility documentation is nearly impossible to piece together.  Their articles and how-to's focus on basic information and not the little details that actually make it work.  Hope they look into this a little more!