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Re: [EXTERNAL]Audio description for video when there are insufficient gaps

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From: Mark Magennis
Date: Jun 10, 2019 6:35AM

Steve,

Here in Skillsoft we use the method described by Lucy. If you take this approach, there are a number of things you should try to ensure to make the experience as good as possible.

- AD is delivered without any obvious transition to the user, and without a screen reader reading anything or making any announcement.
- Users can switch AD on/off on-the-fly.
- Switching on/off the AD does not disrupt the flow of the video, i.e. does not cause the video to re-start.
- If Pause/Play are pressed while the AD is playing, it pauses and plays the audio description, not the video.
- If returning to a partially played video resumes at the point where you left off, this should also happen if the point was in the middle of an AD segment.

Mark

Mark Magennis
Skillsoft | mobile: +353 87 60 60 162
Accessibility Specialist


-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of Lucy Greco
Sent: 10 June 2019 05:24
To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WebAIM] Audio description for video when there are insufficient gaps

you can create a described version of the video using stop time description
what this means is the video will pause the description can be inserted and
then the video can start up again take a look at you describe for
information about how to do this

On Sun, Jun 9, 2019, 9:06 PM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
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