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December 12, 2017
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Adobe Presenter 11, JAWS, and 508 Compliant PPTs

  • December 12, 2017
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Hi fellow Adobe Presenter users,

I'm running into some accessibility frustrations. Adobe's documentation here: Accessibility and 508-compliance States that, "The following elements of an Adobe Presenter output are accessible through JAWS (in addition to the keyboard):

  • Playbar controls including the attachments
  • Side panes including Outline, Thumb, Notes, and Search Pane
  • Slide notes
  • Content on the slides including text, actions, hyperlinks, images, and quizzes"

I cannot for the life of me get the screen reader to read the slide notes. To verify, this is stating that JAWS will read the notes pane of the published Adobe Presenter file, correct? Using JAWS, how is this accomplished? Do you have steps or a demo to show users how this can be done?

Also, is anyone else experiencing issues with reading order? Even though I have set the reading order, JAWS, NVDA, and Windows Narrator are all still picking up pieces of graphics I have grouped together, things embedded in the master slide, and other phantom things that I can't figure out what they are, when I tab around the screen.

Any solutions anyone can share would be super appreciated! I offer my undying gratitude to your brilliance. Thanks!

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Jorma_at_Knox
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December 15, 2017

Have you set the Theme for your presentation to force the Notes pane to the front? I believe this is required to meet the 508 compliance of having Captions and something that JAWS can see and read.

Participating Frequently
December 15, 2017

Thanks for your reply. Yes, the notes pane is set to the front.

Known Participant
September 5, 2018

I would like some input. After attempting to use Lectora and Captivate to create a class that is 99% 508 compliant due to Federal Regs, my manager has requested that I use Presenter to create a 508 compliant course. The direction is to record a ppt, add audio and closed caption and publish. I am concerned with issues regarding the Focus, keyboard accessibility, the TOC, etc. Has anyone had to publish to 508 standards? I am just curious as I don't want to waste  more time before finding issues.  Thank you