What is Captions and transcripts?
The short answer
Captions display spoken words and important sounds as text in video; transcripts provide the full text separately, for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or watching muted.
Captions and transcripts, explained
They also make video content searchable.
Questions people ask about Captions and transcripts
What is Captions and transcripts?
Captions display spoken words and important sounds as text in video; transcripts provide the full text separately, for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or watching muted.
Related terms
Web accessibility means building sites everyone can use, including people who are blind, deaf, have limited movement or cognitive differences, whatever device or assistive technology they use.
WCAGWCAG is the international standard for web accessibility from the W3C, organised around four principles (perceivable, operable, understandable, robust) with levels A, AA and AAA.
ADA website complianceADA website compliance refers to making a site accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act, typically assessed against WCAG AA in practice.
Screen readerA screen reader is software that reads a page aloud or outputs it to braille, letting blind and low-vision people navigate by headings, links and landmarks.
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