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From: David Ashleydale
Date: Jun 24, 2013 4:20PM

Hi,

Is YouTube generally considered to be an accessible place for video content
these days? That is, if a video author was conscientious about
accessibility -- created captions, made transcripts available, provided
audio description tracks, etc. -- would YouTube be considered a good place
to post videos in a way that people with disabilities would be able to use?

I've definitely seen videos on YouTube that have captions, so I know that
functionality is available. But I don't think I've ever seen links to
transcripts or audio descriptions available. Of course, a video author
could post a link to a transcript that is hosted elsewhere if YouTube can't
host it.

Or does YouTube not really have this down yet, and video authors would have
to host accessible solutions themselves?

Thanks,
David