Applies whenever SMIL 2.0 player is available
This technique relates to:
The objective of this technique is to provide a way for people who are blind or otherwise have trouble seeing the video in audio-visual material to be able to access the material. With this technique a description of the video is provided via audio description that will fit into the gaps in the dialogue in the audio-visual material.
Example Code:
<smil xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language">
<head>
<layout>
<root-layout backgroundColor="black" height="266" width="320"/>
<region id="video" backgroundColor="black" top="26" left="0"
height="144" width="320"/>
</layout>
</head>
<body>
<par>
<video src="salesdemo.mpg" region="video" title="Sales Demo"
alt="Sales Demo"/>
<audio src="salesdemo_ad.mp3" begin="33.71s" title="audio description"
alt="Sales Demo Audio Description"/>
</par>
</body>
</smil>
The example shows a <par> segment containing an <audio> and a <video> tag. The audio stream is not started immediately.
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Find method for turning on audio description from content/player (unless it is always played by default)
Play file with audio description
Check whether audio description is played
#3 is true
If this is a sufficient technique for a success criterion, failing this test procedure does not necessarily mean that the success criterion has not been satisfied in some other way, only that this technique has not been successfully implemented and can not be used to claim conformance.
Techniques are informative—that means they are not required. The basis for determining conformance to WCAG 2.0 is the success criteria from the WCAG 2.0 standard—not the techniques. For important information about techniques, please see the Understanding Techniques for WCAG Success Criteria section of Understanding WCAG 2.0.