Captivate 2017 closed captions on/off not announced to screen reader

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
March 4, 2019
3 replies
447 views

I have a custom toggle using cpCmndCC that has alt text on it. The button is announced. But the 508 folks are saying I also need to announce whether the captions are on or off. Does anyone know how to do this, or even if it's possible?

This topic is closed to new replies. Start a new post to keep the conversation going.

TLCMediaDesign

Inspiring

I agree with Rod, but to appease your testers...

Create 2 buttons instead of a toggle. That way you can have explicit accessibility tags to say what the buttons do.

RodWard

Community Expert

I understand that 'disabled' is a very broad term and encompasses many different levels and types of disabilities.

But Closed Captions aren't going to be much help to a blind user, and deaf users wouldn't hear the announcement that captions are turned on. So who is this requirement designed to assist?

RodWard

Community Expert

I have never heard of this as an accessibility requirement. Could you please ask the '508 people' to give you a reference in the standard where this is stipulated? Sometimes the testers seem to be inordinately focused on making sure something does NOT pass accessibility.

Remix with Firefly Community Gallery

Thousands of free creations to fall in love with and remix in Firefly.

Explore now

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.