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Accurate captions still omit instructions for someone unable to see. Another video's spoken warning has no text. Accessibility depends on preserving meaningful information across perception methods, beyond an additional file.","text",{"type":11,"attrs":19,"content":20},{"align":13},[21],{"text":22,"type":17},"Captions, transcripts, and descriptions serve distinct, complementary purposes. Analyze sound, visual-only information, and necessary learning actions, then audience needs, media types, requirements, and player capabilities. Plan during production rather than reconstruct after complaints.",{"type":11,"attrs":24,"content":25},{"align":13},[26,28,35],{"text":27,"type":17},"This article draws on ",{"text":29,"type":17,"marks":30},"W3C WAI Making Audio and Video Media Accessible",[31],{"type":32,"attrs":33},"link",{"href":34,"title":13},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.w3.org\u002FWAI\u002Fmedia\u002Fav\u002F",{"text":36,"type":17}," and offers editorial workflows. Check applicable WCAG criteria, recording types, and conformance levels separately. A format checklist cannot replace this; transcripts do not automatically satisfy synchronized-media caption and description requirements.",{"type":38,"attrs":39,"content":42},"heading",{"align":13,"level":40,"id":41},2,"heading_2_1",[43],{"text":44,"type":17},"Map Meaningful Information First",{"type":11,"attrs":46,"content":47},{"align":13},[48],{"text":49,"type":17},"Identify speech, sounds, text, diagrams, and unexplained actions. Ask what disappears without sight or hearing. Decorative music differs from warning signals. Preserve comprehension, navigation, and task information without excessive incidental details.",{"type":11,"attrs":51,"content":52},{"align":13},[53,55,61],{"text":54,"type":17},"Distinguish audio-only, silent video, spoken video, and live broadcasts, which have different needs. 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Specify deliverables so formally valid files preserve complete learning content.",{"type":11,"attrs":83,"content":84},{"align":13},[85],{"text":86,"type":17},"Check timing, terminology, and readability. Late text obscures action connections; captions covering formulas lose information. Use justified production requirements rather than arbitrary universal lengths and test actual competing reading and viewing demands.",{"type":38,"attrs":88,"content":90},{"align":13,"level":40,"id":89},"heading_2_3",[91],{"text":92,"type":17},"Treat Automatic Recognition as a Draft",{"type":11,"attrs":94,"content":95},{"align":13},[96],{"text":97,"type":17},"Human-review names, numbers, negations, abbreviations, and specialist vocabulary. One word can reverse instructions. 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Name actions and outcomes during production to reduce later reconstruction.",{"type":11,"attrs":163,"content":164},{"align":13},[165],{"text":166,"type":17},"Prioritize meaningful steps: controls, actions, states, chart data, and comparisons. Agree with subject authors and test without visuals. Insufficient pauses may require another implementation, based on content, requirements, and playback rather than squeezing everything into brief inserts.",{"type":38,"attrs":168,"content":170},{"align":13,"level":40,"id":169},"heading_2_7",[171],{"text":172,"type":17},"Record Explainable Demonstrations",{"type":11,"attrs":174,"content":175},{"align":13},[176],{"text":177,"type":17},"Replace 'click here' with specific controls and expected changes. Explain meaningful steps, not every cursor movement, allowing comprehension time. 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