Captions

Captions are the textual format of the spoken audio in multimedia content. This helps users with hearing impairments to understand the audio content in it.

Screenshot of a video with embedded captions.
Figure 1 Example of a video with captions

NOTE:

  • New to accessibility or uncertain of requirements, it will be helpful to review all sections below.
  • Already familiar with requirements, skip to the “Working Example” section for sample HTML, CSS and JavaScript (when needed), along with a working demo.