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tutorial on 508 compliance?
I would love (love!) to see a tutorial on how to use the 508 features in the new Storyline software. All the video tutorials you folks post are really helpful and since Storyline is said to be 508 ...
Hi everyone,
Storyline’s Flash-based output is 508 compliant. However, content published for HTML5 and the Articulate Mobile Player is not. Please review the following article for more information:
http://articulate.com/support/kb_article.php?product=st1&id=te6jcgjd47yv
You can also include alt text that will be read by the screen reading software:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/145579313
Although Storyline content is 508 compliant, you can take your content a step farther by adding on-demand Closed Captioning by using layers and triggers:
http://www.articulate.com/support/kb_article.php?product=st1&id=1keancorydu4
If you really want to understand accessibility, my advice is to install JAWS and take the content for a test drive:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/jaws-downloads.asp
Once you get a feel for how a person will actually use the content in a screen reader or JAWS environment, you'll be able to develop better courses.
