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tutorial on 508 compliance?
Thanks, Steve. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on the how "sensible" the approach is. This isn't the forum to discuss it but I'll explain what I meant and then drop it.
Let's say I'm creating e-learning training for a specific task which requires good eyesight and excellent hand-eye coordination. I can see making the training accessible for those with certain disabilities, such as deafness, epilepsy triggered by bright lights, etc., but not for those with blindness or low-vision or for those with physical impairments which would render a person unable to ever perform the task for which the training is being provided. If the guidelines were written so that accessibility requirements were related to job requirements, I'd agree. It's easy to make a blanket rule...everything must be accessible to everyone...but to have to follow this in all instances takes more time and therefore costs more money, when no one with those disabilities will ever be able to perform the task in the real world. This imposes an unnecessary burden on those offering e-learning and those who create it. Drawing the guidelines with a finer focus would be beneficial, in my opinion.
and...I'm off my soapbox.
Anyway, I do hope Jeanettte or Tom or one of the other Articulate gurus takes up the baton and offers us some tutorials on using Storyline to create accessible training.