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Re: Audio description and captions

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From: L Snider
Date: Jan 31, 2024 12:34PM

In my view, yes. Audio description should be in voice and captions. Plus,
it should be in the text transcript for people who are Deaf-Blind. I go
beyond WCAG, so others may have different views that only fit WCAG.

Cheers

Lisa

On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 7:19 AM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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?
> Logic suggests not, but it creates an anomaly thus:
>
>
>
> If a video includes important visual content, there are a couple of
> options:
>
>
>
> 1. Include the important visual content in the audio track. The
> requirement for the captions seems to be clear - WCAG SC 1.2.2 requires
> them to include all the audio content, even when it is describing the
> visual content. The only exception is "when the media is a media
> alternative for text and is clearly labeled as such", which clearly doesn't
> apply.
>
> 2. Create a separate audio described version of the video.
>
> * The captions for the non-audio described version of the video
> just need to contain the information in the audio track.
>
> * What about the captions for the audio described version of the
> video? WCAG does not appear to require that the audio description is
> included in the captions. Or does it? It doesn't make sense to include it
> because it's describing the visual content. But this is inconsistent with
> the first scenario above, which effectively has the same audio content.
>
>
>
> For the purposes of this discussion I am only interested in WCAG
> conformance because I am writing pass / fail guidance for testers. The user
> experience is important, but it's a separate discussion.
>
>
>
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