Hello, We have developed several online courses in which we have integrated animations of the Storyline 360. Our online courses are in the BrightSpace platform (D2L). Last week, our client activated the ReadSpeaker tool. Since, this tool tries to read mp3. and mp4. that are in our published Storyline. The client does not want to disable the ReadSpeaker tool because students need it. Now, our animations do not work anymore. We have more than 200. Has this happened to another person? If yes, is there a html code that can be integrated to stop the problem? As you can see in attachment, the content disappears when the tool is activated. Thank you!

Hi Leslie, Yes, our College uses Brightspace / D2L to deliver online components of courses. WARNING I might have the below explaination wrong but this is my current understanding... I think I’ve tracked down the issue! ReadSpeaker was implemented on our LMS over the summer and with RS their TextAid add on. I guess this product runs java on all the pages it encounters and this causes the issue. Apparently this is true for SCORM packages and RS has a fix though not sure if the applies to the TextAid product we are in discovery mode at this point. BUT turning off ReadSpeaker and TextAid on our test server and then importing the SCORM Storyline product solved the issue. Thank goodness. i want to thank you and others at Articulate for the wonderful and timely support dealing with this issue. I would rate it as EXCELLENT!

Hi Dave! You have to open your HTML and HTML5 files and add a line of code after the <body>. Here's the code : <div id="readspeaker_button1"></div> Your animation will work even if ReadSpeaker is on.Let me know if this is working.

Hello Stéphanie and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :) Thanks for reaching out and sharing what you are experiencing in your course. I'm not familiar with ReadSpeaker, but I've seen it used to read web pages. As far as a screen reader goes, Storyline supports JAWS screen readers with Google Chrome. You can read all about building an accessible course here. Hopefully, someone with some experience using this product will be able to chime in to help you out.

I think this is the same issue I'm experiencing. Our College has also just implemented ReadSpeaker and now all of the many Storyline products I've developed (that were working) are in the constant spin mode! Is there any solution short of turning off ReadSpeaker which won't happen in my environment

Hi Jennifer, Thanks for reaching out and sharing what you're seeing with your courses as well. I'm curious how your courses are being published and shared as well? Same LMS that was mentioned above? BrightSpace D2L?

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DaveStrobl-9653
Community Member
4 years ago
Thanks for this. It does allow the content to play however now the interface and fonts are completely screwed up. I tried that code in a couple spots and i get the same result. See image.
- PaulStisser
  Community Member
  4 years ago
  Please reach out to support@readspeaker.com.
  They will be able to address the issue. Either update the script or
  preserve the code launch. Also, what is the default SCORM player that you
  are utilizing? Is it the recommended version from D2L?
  
  ReadSpeaker is always open to further implementation and discussions with
  StoryLine.
  
  Paul Stisser
  Education Director, ReadSpeaker
  M: 904-615-0282
  E: paul.stisser@readspeaker.com
  W: www.readspeaker.com
DaveStrobl-9653
Community Member
4 years ago
Hi Paul,

Thanks for the information. I will check with the D2L system admins for SCORM player but I believe the college is current. I have packaged for SCORM 1.2 however I will try 2000 to see if that makes a difference.

Regards

Dave
- PaulStisser
  Community Member
  4 years ago
  What version of D2L are you on?
  Have you tried to rs preserve the script?
  Do you have an open ticket with ReadSpeaker too?
  We would love to help.
- StephanieDg510
  Community Member
  4 years ago
  Hi Paul!
  
  In the D2L platform, I usually use SCORM 2004 and it works better. I have had problems when I used SCORM 1.2.
  
  When the interface and fonts are not displayed as they should, I have to clear my browser history. It happened a lot when I published the same animation more than once.
  
  Once I cleared my history, the animation is working well.
DaveStrobl-9653
Community Member
4 years ago
I am very glad it is working for you. Wish I could say the same!

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