Users with visual and/or hearing impairments may not be able 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 good transcript contains all information in the video, such as visual cues, description and dialogue attribution.
This is an unusual Guideline as you may have already fulfilled it at lower levels. Guideline 1.2.8 doesn’t add to your workload if you used text transcripts to meet 1.2.3.
Now you’ve read up on 1.2.8 – Media Alternative (Pre-recorded), join the discussion at wuhcag.com. Myself and the Wuhcag community are always on hand to help with questions and we’d love to learn your tips and tricks for this guideline.