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Screen readers: focus order with buttons and layers, and change state of buttons
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.
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Hi Joe,
Thank you for the reply.
The suggestion of pressing the down key to read the title of the layer and the text didn’t work using NVDA. I do question whether the recommendation of using the down arrow is the best way forward (even if it did work) as a screen reader user would naturally expect at least the title of the layer to be announced after pressing the button that activated it – how likely is it they will then use the down arrow when they do not hear the title or other text being announce? In the absence of a solution I will instead use the workaround you mention.
Regarding the visited state not getting recognised by the screen reader– please note that this is occurring consistently, not intermittently. Correct me if I am wrong but I understand this bug has been known since 2017 – looking forward to a fix.
Regards,
Martin