Audio has no transcript or captions
Automated check audio-caption, run with axe-core
- WCAG
- 1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (Level A)
- Severity
- Blocker: a task cannot be completed
- Typical effort
- Involved, 1 to 3 days
- Category
- Media
Who this affects
Deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors.
Why it matters
Audio-only content with no text alternative is entirely inaccessible, and also invisible to search engines.
How to fix it
Publish a text transcript alongside the audio.
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