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Web Accessibility Reviews

Live multimedia content must be captioned. Captions must be accurate, must include dialogue, the individual speaking, and any relevant audio information.

WGAC 2 criterion 1.2.4 Captions (Live) (AA)
Category Multimedia
ACT Rules

WCAG 2 criterion

1.2.4 Captions (Live) (Level AA)

Tools and requirements

  • Siteimprove helps for discovering video content (QA > Inventory)

Test procedure

Any multimedia content presented live must have caption support.

  • Captions are not required for silent live video.
  • The captions MUST be accurate to the audio.
  • The captions MUST denote a change of speaker.

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