Accessible Videos

Captions (for video) or a transcript (for audio) should be included with all multimedia content. These alternate formats improve the playback experience for your audience in a variety of contexts and situations. 

 

Captions and Subtitles

Captions:

• Display all audio information including sound effects or music
• Identify speakers
• Are displayed in the same language as the audio
• Can be either “closed” (able to be turned on or off by the user) or “open” (on all the time)

Subtitles:

• Display only spoken content
•  Are often (but not always) in a language other than the language of the audio
•  Can be turned on or off by the user