1.2.7 – Extended Audio Description (Pre-recorded)
Provide extended audio description for pre-recorded videos.
Users with visual impairments may rely on audio description to enjoy videos. Adding an audio description soundtrack to videos means these users get all information from the content.
For videos where there’s more information to convey than the natural pauses in the soundtrack allow you, those users need an extended audio description soundtrack.
How to pass
Provide an extended audio described version of a video’s soundtrack, selectable by the user; or
Provide an alternative version of your video with extended audio description.
Exceptions
You don’t need to add audio description at all if your video conveys all its information through the regular soundtrack. Something like a straight face-to-face interview, or a speech to-camera would probably not need audio description.
You don’t need extended audio description if regular audio description can provide all of the information in the video during the natural pauses in sound.
Tips
Extended audio description builds on audio description by effectively pausing the video to give the soundtrack enough time to pass one all the information from the video. This might mean narrating movements that are not audibly explained in the video, identifying speakers or explaining visual information.
Keep this guideline in mind when creating videos to reduce your workload.
This guideline doesn’t apply to live videos or streaming.
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