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1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded)

Prerecorded video with sound has captions.

Level A

What the automated checks look for

Videos have no captions

A video without captions is lost on people who can't hear it.

Who it affects. Deaf and hard-of-hearing people miss everything said in the video, as does anyone watching with the sound off.

How to fix it. Add a captions track to the video.

<video controls src="/demo.mp4">
  <track kind="captions" src="/demo.en.vtt" srclang="en" label="English">
</video>

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