Principle 1 Perceivable · Guideline 1.2: Time-based Media

1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)

What can only be seen must also be available in sound or text.

Level A

What this means in practice

At level A you may choose: audio description in the dialogue gaps, or a full text version of the video. Note that at level AA text alone is no longer enough – 1.2.5 requires the audio description.

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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