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How do you determine the appropriate Alt text for page body text?
LeslieMcKerchie Thank you I am getting closer to understanding but I have one more question; does this mean:
a) Alt text must be identical to the main text.
or...
b) Alt text can be ignored entirely for text boxes.
The reason I need to know this is that I have discovered there are situations when the Alt text is not an accurate reflection of the primary text. Specifically, if a heading and body text are combined in the same text box, the Alt text will merge the last word of the heading with the first word of the body text. For example:
This is a heading
This is the body text.
Looks like this in the Alt text:
This is a headingThis is the body text.
So ultimately the question is: Can I completely ignore this error in the Alt text?
Hello Beth,
Thanks for your follow-up question, I’m happy to chime in!
As long as you’re using semantic formatting for the headings, which won’t be reflected in the alt text, the screen reader should read the content as expected. There should be no need to edit the alt text for text boxes.
Are you noticing any problems during your screen reader testing? If so, we’d be happy to take a closer look at your Storyline file and help troubleshoot further. You may share it here or privately by sending it along in a support case. We’ll delete it when we’re done testing.