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RiaFernandez
Community Member
9 years ago
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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...
storyline 360
  • KellyAuner's avatar
    KellyAuner
    3 months ago

    Hi, all!

    I have some great news to share! We just released a new version of Storyline 360 (Update 103), which included a fix for the issue where screen readers didn't always announce the visited state of buttons or shapes.

    To take advantage of this update, simply launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You'll find step-by-step instructions here.

    Please let us know if you have any questions by posting here or reaching out to our Support Engineers directly. We'll be happy to help!

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AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
8 years ago

Hi Birgit,

I've read this a few times, and I wanted to confirm exactly what you're expecting. It sounds like you'd want JAWS to read:

CC On CHECKED: CC on button radio button checked

CC Off UNCHECKED:  CC off button radio button not checked

Is that correct? That the CC off button isn't recognized as the right name of the button?

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BirgitMuehlenha
Community Member
8 years ago

Hi Ashley,

Yes, I would expect that whether or not the radio button is checked, that JAWS would announce the alt-text of the button (CC On button or CC Off button).  So when the CC Off button is UNCHECKED, it's correct name is not recognized (it's recognized as "Radio button 2").

Does that make sense?

Thanks!

Birgit