Captivate version 9 - Section 508 question, using JAWS

[frederickr73805091]

A government client has asked us to look at a public facing web training.  One one of the pages, a multiple choice question with form field radio buttons, when you select any of the 4 radio buttons JAWS will read all 4 questions, 3 times.

We looked at the VPAT for Captvate v9.0 and it mentions problems working with screen readers.

So is there a fix for this, or do we roll back to a previous or newer version of Captivate that will work with JAWS?

[mferguson192291]

I always found the navigation controls for Captivate quiz slides a little wonky. You are better off just creating your own quiz slides from scratch using buttons/smartshapes for feedback, etc. Once you create it once, you can duplicate the slide however many times later for easier development.

[paulab35701757]

how do you create the quizzes from scratch? do you have to know how to program?

[RodWard]

Not necessarily.  (Though being able to program in HTML5 and JavaScript is definitely an advantage.)

However, to build custom quiz questions in Adobe Captivate you WILL definitely need to have a good understanding of how to use Variables and Advanced Actions, especially Conditional Advanced Actions and potentially Shared Actions.

[Lilybiri]

You could have a look at some examples on my blog:

Playing with Numbers - part 1 - Captivate blog

Custom Hotspot questions in Captivate 8 - Captivate blog

Custom Short Answer Question - Captivate blog