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Re: closed captions with text that's split up in awkward places. Is it compliant?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Oct 10, 2023 7:06AM

Bare minimum Wcag, yes, it is technically conformant
WCAG only requires the presence of captions, it doesn't really say
anything about accuracy or readability of captions.
I like this article on the topic:
https://meryl.net/how-to-be-accessibility-ally/

(see the "bare minimum" section).

On 10/10/23, Mike Warner < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've recently seen closed captions that are very awkward and hard to
> follow. These do not break at natural break points, but in random places.
> One section of a caption has the last two words of a sentence followed by a
> short sentence of a few words, then the first word of the next sentence.
> An example would be "was today. Tomorrow, even better? We" Even when I
> listen to the spoken text, I have a hard time following the caption. The
> caption is not missing any text, so it's not a failure for that success
> criterion.
>
> I don't see anything in W3C or WCAG that mentions how the text should be
> broken up as a success criteria, but I'd really like to say that this is an
> accessibility failure. I'd think that it would fit within the realm of
> cognitive accessibility, if nothing else. The following W3G page mentions
> that people with cognitive and learning disabilities need to see as well as
> hear the content to better understand it, but doesn't speak to the flow of
> the captions themselves.
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspective-videos/captions/
>
> Does anyone know of a rule that would apply to this?
>
> Thanks everyone,
> Mike
>
> Mike Warner
> Director of IT Services
> MindEdge Learning
> > > > >


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