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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Jun 24, 2021 4:48AM

It possibly would need audio descriptions, not audio captions. Captions are
for hearing impairments, so since there's no audio, there's nothing to
caption. Audio descriptions are for people with visual impairments, since
there's no audio, it has no value to them. Depending on the specifics,
there may need an audio track or transcript provided.

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Ryan E. Benson

On Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 3:09 AM Gill Rawlings < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hi guys
>
> Without knowing the content of the video..... Would it also not
> potentially fail if there's no alternative for the visuals, from an audio
> captioning/transcript point of view?
>
> G
>
> Gill Rawlings
> Durham County Council
> website/electronic information management
>
>