To determine if the visual content of your video requires audio descriptions or not it is recommended that you use this simple decision tree from Vision Australia. If a video is of someone speaking or it has a voiceover to narrate what is going on, then an audio description may not be required. It should indicate changes or transitions in scenes, settings, movements, gestures, props, and important visual content such as written content on screen but not spoken, introduction and closing titles, segment slides, names and titles of speakers, URLs and more.Īudio description was designed for people who are blind or have low vision. If your video has no audio or there is visual-only content that was not properly narrated, create a written summary of the content so that those with vision impairments can still access the content.Īn audio description is a narration track that describes what is visually happening within your video. If you choose to provide the transcript as a separate document, keep in mind best practices for accessible Word documents.
You could use a text-to-speech software or alter any pre-written scripts for the production of the video, so they read as transcripts. There are different ways to produce transcripts. Transcripts are designed to be consumed separately from the video player, whereas captions are embedded in the video player experience. Like closed captions, they can also be used for locating content within the video. Transcripts are a great resource for individuals with hearing or vision impairments. It describes the entire video including spoken dialogue and speakers, descriptions of meaningful audio (music, sound effects etc), and descriptions of meaningful visuals, scenes, and actions. Tap the clip to easily adjust text, add punctuation or change the style of your title.Ī transcript is a text version of the video content that can be easily read by a user or screen reader. Simply speak while recording and text automatically appears on screen, perfectly synced with your voice. The Live Titles feature allows users to easily create animated captions and titles - just by talking.
You can either caption the video yourself using easy tools like Synchrimedia’s MovieCaptioner or alternatively use a dedicated captioning service, such as Rev, 3PlayMedia or CaptionSync.Īpple's free iOS app Clips, enables you to quickly and easily create open-captioned videos. Your script is a useful starting point when creating a closed caption track. Open captions are “burnt-in” to the video content and cannot be turned off. People in loud environments where they cannot hear the audio or in quiet environments where they cannot turn on sound benefit from the use of closed captions.Ĭlosed captions are captions that are able to be turned on and off via a control on the video player. Closed captioning goes above subtitling by providing an on-screen text alternative for spoken dialogue as well as a text alternative for audio cues, background noises and other audible sounds.Ĭaptioning can also be used for locating content within the video.