Audio and video content must be accompanied by a text transcript of dialogues and relevant sounds.

Objectives

• Provide a text-based alternative for media content.
• Enable content indexing and searching within the reading system.
• Allow for translation using linguistic tools.

Implementation

• Provide a transcript for every audio and video file. This can be a full transcript (including dialogue and descriptions of relevant sounds) or a summary that reflects all essential information.
• Ensure the transcript is either displayed on the same page as the media content or is immediately accessible via a link located near the media.

Control

• Check all pages containing multimedia content and verify that a transcript or a direct link to one is provided in the immediate context of each audio or video element.