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dtodd77
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January 22, 2017
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Accessible text in Captivate 9?

  • January 22, 2017
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Is there a way to have the HTML5 Captivate published training course with the text accessible? I have students who are dyslexic and who use an app to have the text read to them as they read. Currently, the text is not selectable and so it can not be accessed by the reader app.

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DrPooja
DrPooja
Participating Frequently
January 22, 2017

Hi,

You can add accessibility text for each slide and each object in Captivate. For adding accessibility title and description for a text caption, select the caption, go to the Properties Inspector and click the dropdown button next to the caption name, and select Accessibility. Uncheck Auto Label and add the accessibility name and description. 

Visit this help page for more details: https://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/using/creating-accessible-projects.html

Also, if you have access to Lynda.com, here's a step-by-step demo on Enabling Accessibiliy for Captivate projects: https://www.lynda.com/Captivate-tutorials/Enabling-accessibility/534416/571296-4.html?srchtrk=index%3a1%0alinktypeid%3a2%0aq%3apooja%0apage%3a1%0as%3arelevance%0asa%3atrue%0aproducttypeid%3a2

Hope this helps!

Pooja

Justenuf2bdangerous
Justenuf2bdangerous
Inspiring
January 23, 2017

Hi - I'm not sure what type of app your students are using, and it can make a difference in the end user experience based on the app. The process described above by Poojah is a solid approach, but can have some unintended consequences, specifically when dealing withtext captions.

 

For example, if the user is using a JAWS or NVDA screen reader to access text captions in a accessibility enabled Captivate project, it reads the text captions automatically (autofill in this case actually works to your advantage!) - inserting the text into the alt text boxes in the accessibility dropdown will cause the screen reader to read the text on screen, then repeat it again when it accesses the alt text you inserted. Bbecause both of these screen readers are format aware as well (they are used for reading text documents) - they will look for the title, subtitle and content in that order and allow the user to move quickly between the blocks, so use your text caption formats as needed.

emeliaw21463032
emeliaw21463032
Participant
February 6, 2017

Hi Everyone,

I am having the same issues as the initial poster. I have entered content and run the NVDA screen reader over this with the published html5 version of mu course in scorm cloud. I cannot get the screen reader to include any of the content. Some of my other issues with trying to get accessibility to work include: tabbing not consistently working and the enter key not allowing me to select when I am on a button that should take me to the next slide. Has anyone else had any of these issues?

I have enable accessibility on, and am using buttons that have the enter key as the shortcut. I do not set the 'restrict keyboard tabbing to slide items only' as this severly limits the user to not being able to clode the course and come back to it at a later stage if they wish.

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