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Re: Audio description and captions

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jan 29, 2024 4:33AM

On 29/01/2024 11:19, Steve Green wrote:
> This may be a silly question. In short, if an audio described version of a video is provided, do the captions need to include the audio description?

While it may seem redundant, I'd say the easiest interpretation is that
yes, all AD content should also be captioned - if something's spoken
(regardless of whether it's the original video's audio, or additional
AD), caption it, as I don't think there's enough normative text that
would warrant a more nuanced "but surely the AD is redundant since they
can see the visuals" logical exemption (though I may be wrong?)

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