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RiaFernandez's avatar
RiaFernandez
Community Member
8 years ago

Screen Reader Accessibility for Button States

Hi there, I'm having some trouble implementing accessibility for my Pick Many activities. Screen readers do not seem to recognize the difference between a Normal state and a Selected state of a bu...
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AlyssaGomez
Staff
7 years ago

Hi Raf,

Thanks so much for chiming in. First, have a look at a screen recording of my testing in Internet Explorer 11.

In that recording, you see that JAWS announced "radio button checked" when you tab back to a selected radio button. 

Our output doesn't support a "real time" change in the state of a radio button. In other words, JAWS doesn't read "Radio button selected" as soon as a user selects it in any version of Storyline.  So, it's expected that you would have to tab back to a selected radio button to hear that's it's checked.

Now, let's talk about object states. We are seeing a problem in Storyline 360 where JAWS does not announce Alt Text on an object's states, and we're working to fix this problem. Does that sound similar to the issue you're seeing in your file? 

  • RafDolanowsk896's avatar
    RafDolanowsk896
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    Hi Alyssa,

    What version of Storyline did you use to create that export in your video?

    As the behaviour you are showing and what I am seeing are not the same. My radio buttons always say "not selected" regardless of setup, screenreader or browser.

    Glad to hear the bug with the object states is also being addressed.

    Looking forward to that update, as I primary create custom buttons rather than using the native assets.

    Cheers,

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