Accessible content requires captions for video and transcripts for audio. Hard-of-hearing and deaf Individuals with hearing impairments, especially those who are deaf, have difficulty understanding content that is only conveyed sonically. This includes all audio content and any video content that includes an audio component.
All videos that provide important information sonically and are embedded on or linked to from Weber State University websites should have accurate, synchronized captions, and all audio content should provide a full-text transcript.
Dos and Don'ts
DO: Use videos as an educational or marketing tool.
DON’T: Assume auto-captions on your video are correct, because “slit” and “split” both sound very close to…
WebAIM WAVE Accessibility Tool
While there’s no tool to help specifically with this element of accessibility, you should still install the WAVE web accessibility tool to help ensure your pages are accessible.