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KaylaJayaweera
Community Member
2 years ago

JAWS screen reader- reading slide titles twice in storyline

In my course, the title of each slide is at the top of the slide. I have a voiceover that reads the slide then I need to add alt text to the buttons and images. When I go to test the product with th...
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LucianaPiazza
Staff
2 years ago

Hi Darya, 

Thanks so much for sharing your .story file! I was able to download it just fine on my end. 

I want to confirm that what you are experiencing is expected behavior. JAWS will read what launches on the screen for the learner. The slide title indicates where on the slide/in the course the learner is so that they have context for what they cannot obtain visually. Page changes are always indicated as well. 

Hope that you have a great afternoon and happy developing!  ☀️

  • DaryaKucherova-'s avatar
    DaryaKucherova-
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Luciana,

    I think you have misunderstood me. There is no reason for the learner to be informed about the back-end title of the slide. Learners who are able to see the slides do not know what the back-end title of the slide may be, and there is no reason to make that known to the JAWS user. For the JAWS users there is a repetition going on: each time they load a slide, they are informed about the title of the course, then the visible title of the slide, then the invisible back-end title. Why?  Or am I missing something?

    • JoseTansengco's avatar
      JoseTansengco
      Staff
      2 years ago

      Hi Darya,

      Happy to help!

      Just to clarify, this behavior is not specific to JAWS as other screen readers such as also read slide titles this way. I understand what you mean by not wanting screen readers to read the slide titles out loud, especially for courses with the menu hidden/disabled. Unfortunately, there isn't an option to turn this behavior off - screen readers will announce the slide title and then wait for learners to explore the rest of the content. You can check out the following articles to know more about how screen readers interact with Storyline 360 courses: 

      We'd like to hear more about your opinion on this behavior, and one way you can share it is by opening a feature request here.

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