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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 ...
One thing I tried is to make a note that is invisible to all but those with a screen reader, to provide them with the information that is on the slide, but which will be inaccessible to them. In this case it was a drag-and-drop slide. I made a small box about the same color as the background so most people wouldn't notice it near the top of the slide. I made it visible to the screen reader and added alt-text that provided the information shown on the slide, i.e., "On this slide, items were dragged to the correct receptacle, based on the type of item. The used gloves belong in the biohazard waste, paper in the recycle bin and cleaning materials were placed in the closet. Please use the right arrow on the keyboard to go to the next slide. "
I then made all the items on the slide invisible to the screen reader except for this explanatory alt-text item.
I think this could also work for an Engage slide, if these can be used in Storyline. If so, I'd just place a similar box on the previous slide with alt text to give them the same information as is available to mouse-users on the next slide and then ask them to click a button to skip that next slide.
I think this might be a way around slides like drag and drop and others that screen-reader users can't do.
