- Success Criterion 1.2.1
- Conformance level A
Video’s Narrated Audio Track Skips Key Visual Details
1.2.1 — Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)
Scenario
Setting
A community forum's discussion thread
What’s wrong
Video-only media whose audio-track alternative doesn't describe all important visual information.
Example
A QA pass on a community forum's discussion thread turns this up: video-only media whose audio-track alternative doesn't describe all important visual information.
Why it matters
Deaf people who need transcripts of audio-only media, and blind people who need alternatives to silent video. On a community forum's discussion thread specifically, they can't tell what the image or video is showing.
How to test
Read the audio-track alternative for a video against the video itself: check it also states what's shown on screen, not just what's said.
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.
Outcome
Fixed, a visitor to a community forum's discussion thread can understand the image, video, or audio content, specifically for the “Video's Narrated Audio Track Skips Key Visual Details” issue on a community forum's discussion thread.
Who is affected
Deaf people who need transcripts of audio-only media, and blind people who need alternatives to silent video.
Learn more
- Understanding Understanding document (opens in a new tab)
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- Audio Description File Left as a Filename, Not Real Text
- Long Description That Doesn’t Match What the Audio Actually Says
- Podcast Episode Published With No Transcript at All
- Transcript Missing Speaker Names or Key Background Sounds
- Auto-Generated Transcript Too Inaccurate to Trust
- Silent Demo Video With No Transcript or Narration