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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1529691469812{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1529671385255{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1529690947515{padding-bottom: 60px !important;}”][vc_column_text]The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) are a set of guidelines published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) which guide best practice in creating accessible website content. The guidelines cover a range of principles that, when complied with, make your content user-friendly and accessible to people with disability, including deafness and hearing loss, learning disability, blindness and low vision, mobility impairment and cognitive disability.[/vc_column_text][dt_default_button link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FTR%2FWCAG20%2F||target:%20_blank|” size=”big” css=”.vc_custom_1559008352634{margin-top: 40px !important;}”]VIEW THE FULL GUIDELINES[/dt_default_button][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”2830″ width=”600″ height=”400″ css=”.vc_custom_1559008148752{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1559009179071{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1558409025663{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]
Levels of Compliance
Under the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, media such as recorded videos, audio clips and live-streams are required to be made accessible through closed captions, transcripts and audio description. The extent to which these need to be made accessible depends on which level of compliance is legislated in your country of operation. Under WCAG 2.0, there are 3 levels of compliance providing increasing levels of accessibility – Level A, Level AA and Level AAA. The most commonly regulated level of compliance is WCAG 2.0 AA.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”bg_color” bg_override=”ex-full” css=”.vc_custom_1595381572156{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;}” bg_color_value=”#ededed”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1558073909346{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column_text]
Examples of WCAG
In complying with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, there are numerous methods of making your videos accessible. Check out the examples below.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” gap=”30″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1559009834940{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Closed Captions” heading_tag=”h3″ alignment=”left” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;”]Spoken dialogue and sound effects are displayed as text on screen for viewers to read. Closed captions can be turned on and off by the viewer.[/ultimate_heading][dt_fancy_image type=”from_url” media=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1E_KKHChfQ”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1559009844140{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Open Captions” heading_tag=”h3″ alignment=”left” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;”]Spoken dialogue and sound effects are permanently displayed as text on screen, and unlike closed captions, they cannot be turned off[/ultimate_heading][dt_fancy_image type=”from_url” media=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkorFNIICuU”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” gap=”30″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1559009834940{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Standard Audio Description” heading_tag=”h3″ alignment=”left” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;”]A recorded voice-over narrates the visual elements of the video. The audio description is inserted into the existing gaps in the dialogue.
[/ultimate_heading][dt_fancy_image type=”from_url” media=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-QkXciSYmU”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1559009844140{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Extended Audio Description” heading_tag=”h3″ alignment=”left” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;”]A recorded voice-over narrates the visual elements of the video. When there is not a sufficient gap in the dialogue, the video is paused to allow for the narration. These pauses extend the length of the video.[/ultimate_heading][dt_fancy_image type=”from_url” media=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gAIERMr39I”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” gap=”30″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1559009834940{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Transcript” heading_tag=”h3″ alignment=”left” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;”]A written record of the spoken dialogue in a video or audio clip.[/ultimate_heading][dt_default_button]DOWNLOAD SAMPLE TRANSCRIPT[/dt_default_button][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1559009844140{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-right: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.75) !important;*background-color: rgb(255,255,255) !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Media Alternative Transcript” heading_tag=”h3″ alignment=”left” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;”]A written record of spoken dialogue, with the addition of descriptions of visual elements.[/ultimate_heading][dt_default_button]DOWNLOAD SAMPLE MEDIA ALTERNATIVE TRANSCRIPT[/dt_default_button][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1557885533473{padding-top: 80px !important;}”][vc_column_text]
Who needs to comply with WCAG?
[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner gap=”30″ css=”.vc_custom_1558075397780{padding-bottom: 80px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][dt_fancy_image image_id=”2835″ onclick=”lightbox” width=”600″ height=”300″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Under the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, media such as recorded videos, audio clips and live-streams are required to be made accessible through closed captions, transcripts and audio description.
The extent to which these need to be made accessible depends on which level of compliance is legislated in your country of operation. Under WCAG 2.0, there are 3 levels of compliance providing increasing levels of accessibility – Level A, Level AA and Level AAA. The most commonly regulated level of compliance is WCAG 2.0 AA.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-vz-jquery” bg_image_new=”id^2836|url^https://www.ai-media.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ai-media-home-wcag-do-you-need-to-comply-to-wcag.jpeg|caption^null|alt^null|title^ai-media-home-wcag-do-you-need-to-comply-to-wcag|description^null” bg_image_repeat=”no-repeat” css=”.vc_custom_1560484900376{padding-top: 280px !important;padding-bottom: 280px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][ult_content_box bg_color=”#000000″ box_shadow=”horizontal:px|vertical:px|blur:px|spread:px|style:none|” hover_box_shadow=”horizontal:px|vertical:px|blur:px|spread:px|style:none|” padding=”padding:45px;”][vc_column_text]
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