Principle 1 Perceivable · Guideline 1.2: Time-based Media

1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)

Audio-only needs a transcript; video without sound needs a description.

Level A

What this means in practice

A podcast needs a full transcript on the same page. A silent video – an animation, say – needs a text version or a spoken description of what is shown.

What Wave Access contributes

Transkripte gehören zum Leistungsumfang „Untertitel & Audiodeskription“ von Wave Tools.

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Normative wording

The binding text lives at the W3C. What you read here is our own faithful rendering – not a quotation.

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