video-001 must GuidesAPI docs Provide captions, transcripts, or descriptions for all audio and video content.
Video
This page covers the text alternatives that audio and video content must provide. General media-format guidance lives on the diagrams page.
Provide captions and transcripts
Section titled “Provide captions and transcripts”Examples
- ✓ An embedded walkthrough video with captions, and a link to its transcript below the player
- ✗ An embedded walkthrough video with no captions, transcript, or description
Rationale
Captions and transcripts make audio and video usable for deaf and hard-of-hearing readers and for anyone who cannot play sound.