A/V Media Accessibility at a Glance

Plan for accessibility from the very start of your project (before recording), to save time and money.
Make audio and video content accessible. Avoid accessibility barriers when scripting, storyboarding, and recording content.
Use a media player that supports accessibility.
Describe visual information – such as charts and speakers’ names in text – so that people who are blind and others who cannot see the video get the visual information needed to understand the content.
Provide captions (called “subtitles” in some areas) so that people who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing get a synchronized text version of the speech and other audio information needed to understand the content.
Provide a text transcript from the caption text and the description of visual information so that people who are Deaf-blind get the video content.
Provide sign language when possible, so that Deaf people whose native language is sign get the content in their native language.