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4.5 Does each pre-recorded time-based media have, if necessary, a synchronised audio description (excluding special cases)?

WCAG references
  • 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) (AA)
Techniques
  • G8
  • G58
  • G78
  • G173
  • H96
  • SM1
  • SM2
  • SM6
  • SM7

Official methodology to test criterion 4.5

Test 1 (4.5.1)

  1. Find in the document the pre-recorded video-only time-based media that require an audio description.
  2. For each video-only time-based media, check for the presence of
    • either an audio description;
    • or an alternative version with an audio description accessible via a button or an adjacent link (a URL or an anchor).
  3. If this is the case for video-only time-based media, the test is validated.

Test 2 (4.5.2)

  1. Find in the document the pre-recorded synchronised time-based media that require an audio description.
  2. For each synchronised time-based media, check the presence of:
    • either an audio description;
    • or an alternative version with an audio description accessible via a button or an adjacent link (a URL or an anchor).
  3. If this is the case for each time-based media, the test is validated.