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From: Dax Castro
Date: Jan 29, 2024 9:20AM

Yeah, I do not agree. You do not need an accommodation for the accommodation. Audio Descriptions are there for people who cannot see what is happening on screen. If you have vision, you can see what is going on and therefore audio descriptions are not required. In fact, WCAG 1.2.2 talks about this exception.


Thanks,

Dax Castro, ADS
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Accessibility Advocate & Trainer | IAAP
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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Steve Green
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 3:41 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Audio description and captions

Thanks, Patrick. Anyone have a contrary view?

Steve

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From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 11:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Audio description and captions

On 29/01/2024 11:19, Steve Green wrote:
> This may be a silly question. In short, if an audio described version of a video is provided, do the captions need to include the audio description?

While it may seem redundant, I'd say the easiest interpretation is that yes, all AD content should also be captioned - if something's spoken (regardless of whether it's the original video's audio, or additional AD), caption it, as I don't think there's enough normative text that would warrant a more nuanced "but surely the AD is redundant since they can see the visuals" logical exemption (though I may be wrong?)

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