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Re: Guidance on Audio Description

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From: Lovely, Brian (CONT)
Date: May 8, 2017 7:45AM

Captioning captures what is said. Audio descriptions capture what is done. So if you have a talking head, captioning is sufficient, because the audio description would consist of "she's still just sitting there". However, you will need an audio description whenever anything actually happens: "laughing child releases balloon and watches it rise into the sky".

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Corrine Schoeb
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2017 9:40 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] Guidance on Audio Description

Trying to wrap my head around when we need to provide Audio Descriptions and when Captioning is sufficient.

Do you have any guidelines about questions you ask yourself when trying to determine this?

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Corrine Schoeb
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