• Success Criterion 1.2.1
  • Conformance level A

Podcast Episode Published With No Transcript at All

1.2.1 — Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)

Scenario

Setting

A bank's mobile money-transfer screen

What’s wrong

Podcast/audio clip published with no transcript at all.

Example

<audio src="podcast.mp3"></audio>

Why it matters

Deaf people who need transcripts of audio-only media, and blind people who need alternatives to silent video.

How to test

Search the page for a transcript link near every podcast/audio player: if none exists, it fails outright.

How to fix

A complete, accurate transcript (or an equivalent audio track for video-only media) must be provided and linked right next to the media.

<audio src="podcast.mp3"></audio>
<a href="podcast-transcript.html">Read the transcript</a>

A text transcript gives Deaf users the same content the audio carries, with no video/audio dependency.

Outcome

On a bank's mobile money-transfer screen, this barrier is gone for deaf people who need transcripts of audio-only media — they get the same result as anyone else here.

Who is affected

Deaf people who need transcripts of audio-only media, and blind people who need alternatives to silent video.

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