Success criterion 1.2.1
Audio-only and Video-only (Pre-recorded)
Provide an alternative to video or audio-only content.
- Level A
- Principle 1: Perceivable
- Guideline 1.2: Time-based Media
In a user’s words
“What's happening in the video? I can barely hear the audio!”
What each role can do
- Product manager
- Allocate resources to create transcriptions for audio and captions for video content.
- Designer
- Design a UI that allows users to toggle captions on/off easily.
- Developer
- Integrate captions and transcriptions into the video and audio players.
- Tester
- Test the functionality of toggling captions and transcriptions across multiple devices and browsers.
Once it is fixed
“Thank you for filling in the blanks! Now I can follow along like everyone else!”
Share this with your team
The quotes are written to illustrate the criterion. They are not testimonials from real people. For the official wording, find 1.2.1 in the W3C quick reference for WCAG 2.2 (opens in a new tab).
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