1.2.8 – Media Alternative (Pre-recorded) (Level AAA)

Provide text alternatives for pre-recorded videos.

Introduction

Users with visual and/or hearing impairments may not be able to perceive the information in a video from its soundtrack or captions.

How to Pass

Provide a full text transcript for your video and link to it from near the original content

Exceptions

If the video is itself an alternative, you don’t need to add a transcript.

Tips

You may have fulfilled this Guideline if you chose to meet 1.2.3 – Audio Description or Media Alternative (Pre-recorded) with a text transcript.

A text transcript is a document that includes all information present in the video, essentially a script for the video. This means including any visual cues (for example, ‘The fisherman holds up a large bass.’) as well as dialogue and non-speech sounds.

See Also

• 1.2.3 – Audio Description or Media Alternative (Pre-recorded)
• 1.2.5 – Audio Description (Pre-recorded)
• 1.2.7 – Extended Audio Description (pre-recorded)
• Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.8 (W3C)