Mute controls across all browser windows launched by the course

Is this even technically possible?

Problem:  I want to be able to allow learners to have a single audio mute control across a whole course but not impact the PCs own mute settings - when introducing Text-to-Speech to SL360 slides and also Captivate Web Objects launched from button triggers.

Any thoughts from the community seeing as this is not wholly Articulate content?  Thanks.

Currently, it will require:

• a mute button for the SL360 player, for the slides of the course
• a mute to be used each time the learner opens the simulation in a new browser window

The simple answer, you might say, is to mute the PC and not rely on the mute buttons.

However, in the environment where I work, it is important not to mute the PC, as the user might forget to unmute it.

Of course, if this isn't technically possible, then that is what they will have to do if they don't want to hear the audio.

 

Why are we not using SL360 for capturing?
I have further investigated how capturing works with the extra effort spent. I'm not happy with the downsides compared to using Captivate, as this is for simulation work.

• No single player bar for the whole simulation - individual bar plays for each captured image
• Extra triggers required for right-clicks, double-clicks - within the Try again layer
• Action Fine Tuning more fiddly to edit - even though both products place the click event after the click instead of before it actually happens

The only way simulations would work natively (in-slide player) as opposed to SL360 captures also being launched as web objects, is to use the Modern Player as it would need to have controls for fullscreen, but Articulate still refuse to allow customers to customise the player.

They force adherence to strict contrast rules, impacting the ability to use Brand colours which still have strong contrast but not enough to meet the rules.