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Re: Audio description in WCAG 2.1 AA success criterion 1.2.5

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From: Lars Ballieu Christensen
Date: Apr 23, 2021 1:53AM

In my opinion, it is taking formal compliance requirements to the extreme if we are to ask to have audio and video recordings of reality or expressions of art edited to accommodate audio descriptions.

As such, it is a question of getting the accessibility guidelines to work in practice and to find practical solutions to accessibility issues. Adding a separate audio track with audio descriptions could be such a solution.

Venligst/Kind regards

Lars
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Lars Ballieu Christensen
Rådgiver/Adviser, Ph.D., M.Sc., Sensus ApS
Specialister i tilgængelighed/Accessibility Consultants
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On 23/04/2021, 09.16, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Steve Green" < <EMAIL REMOVED> on behalf of <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

That is certainly an argument that organisations make. However, it's not relevant to whether the video complies with WCAG 2.1 AA. Some disability legislation has exemptions for disproportionate burden or embedded third-party content, but WCAG doesn't.

Steve