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Screen Reader not reading slide text or variable text
We have created a slide that asks you to type 3 words into three text boxes. The words are captured as variables. The screen reader reads this slide perfectly.
When you click the submit button, it advances to another slide with a text box with explanation text and the list of three words typed in the previous slide. The focus order is correct, but the screen reader will not read any of the slide's text. The yellow focus order is around the entire slide, so tabbing is not possible to individual screen items, yet when the "continue" button shows, I can tab to that object. (Which is the last item in the focus order) Any idea why the slide loses the focus order on each item?
Hi Todd, and thanks for reaching out!
I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing an issue with the screen reader not reading the text on your slide. I'd like to ask a few clarifying questions to help me better understand the issue.
- Are you navigating through the course in Storyline or the published output like on a website or LMS?
- What screen reader are you using?
- Have you tried using the up or down arrows to move through the text on the slide?
If you're comfortable sharing your file with us, I'd be happy to test it out and investigate further. You can upload it You can upload it here or privately in a support case. We'll delete it from our systems once troubleshooting is complete.
Kelly, we test everything on SCORM cloud. We are using Jaws and NVDA's latest versions in Chrome. I'll upload it in a support case.
