Providing Captions for Live Audio
Providing captions for live audio ensures that individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing can access and understand the audio content in real-time. This is particularly important for live events, where the content is time-sensitive and cannot be easily replayed or reviewed later.
Providing altenatives for audio-only and video-only content
This guideline is to ensure that users who cannot perceive the audio or video content can still access the information it conveys. This can be achieved by providing text transcripts, captions, or audio descriptions.
Captions - Providing Text Alternatives for Multimedia
Captions are a text alternative for multimedia content that is synchronized with the audio and visual content. They provide a textual representation of the spoken words, sound effects, and other relevant audio information.
Non Text Content - Text Alternatives
The "Non-text Content" guideline is to ensure that all non-text content on a web page is accompanied by a text alternative that conveys the same information or function as the non-text content. This allows users with disabilities to access and understand the content, regardless of their ability to perceive the non-text elements.
Text Alternatives - Providing Text for Non-Text Content
The purpose of this guideline is to ensure that all users, including those who are blind, have low vision, or have cognitive disabilities, can access and understand the information conveyed by non-text content.