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From: Steve Green
Date: Jun 9, 2019 10:06PM

The WCAG 2.1 AA success criterion 1.2.5 requires that audio description is provided for all pre-recorded video content in synchronized media. How can this success criterion be met when there are insufficient gaps in the audio track to insert an adequate audio description? The success criterion does not allow any exemptions or alternative methods such as a transcript.

I cannot see any alternative other than recreating the video with longer gaps, but clients are really not going to want to do that and it may not even be possible in some cases.

I can't be the first person to encounter this problem, so what have you done in this situation?

Regards,
Steve Green
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