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Need learners to be able to copy text from Storyline module inserted in Rise course
Hi, I need learners to be able to copy the text in any Storyline interaction I insert into a Rise course, for accessibility reasons. I noticed there have been very dated posts asking a similar questi...
I understand that accessible text in storyline meets the needs of WCAG 2.2 and that using helper bird extension allows scale. WCAG 3.0 implementation as a standard is at least a year away if not more.
For that reason I would expect this to age on Articulate's radar and hopefully is implemented sooner rather than later.
Hi MathNotermans-9 switching the text to accessible text allows you to manipulate it with your own custom stylesheet I believe. I think for scaling you have the best results through using the browser zoom controls after switching on the zoom mode in Storyline, otherwise, using CSS to scale the content, i find, can cause the text to be cropped within its text field (overflow hidden).
Hi Sam , a custom stylesheet aint the solution. As that is something the designer/developer has to do upfront. Criteria 1.4.5 is meant for the enduser / student. He/she should be able to change the size,color, background and font of a text. That is possible with HTML text, not in Storyline as it is SVG.
Hi MathNotermans-9 I think you're misunderstood what I mean. Some users will use their own stylesheet for accessibility. There are accessibility tools available that enable users to use a their own stylesheet so that their preferred styles can be used. This is a test we use for accessibility testing, which allows us to test larger fonts sizes, increased line-height, increased letter spacing and paragraph heights. This is what I meant by a custom stylesheet.
When switching Storyline into accessible text mode, it allows you to manipulate some of these properties using a user defined stylesheet.
Thats indeed nice for testing as a developer. Not sure though if this fits the bill for accessibility for the enduser.
No, I am just letting you know, that this is indeed a tool that is used by some for accessibility, and it is why in the specification, to meet accessibility requirements (1.4.12), you should allow somebody to increase letter spacing, line-height, paragraph heigh and font-size. When I say we test using a stylesheet, it is to set these properties, and because people with a visual impairment may use the same technique. I'm talking about as an end user, not as a developer. When using a custom stylesheet to manipulate these properties (loaded through a browser extension) it is to test as a user, and not as a developer. I think you are still misunderstanding what I mean.
We're a bit of topic here, but a user, using their own defined stylesheet, to override the styles the developer has set, is definitely something that users will do (for accessibility), and do do. For example, some users may have defined a high contrast stylesheet for a news website they visit.
This is to meet WCAG 2.1, 1.4.12 Text Spacing : https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/text-spacing.html
