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A11ySignal
Level AAWCAG 2.0WCAG 2.1WCAG 2.2EN 301 549 § 9.1.2.5

1.2.5
Audio Description (Prerecorded)

Pre-recorded video needs an audio description track.

What the standard says

Audio description is provided for all prerecorded video content in synchronized media.

Why it matters

Everything shown but not said is lost to a blind viewer.

What a failure looks like

  • failsA demo video where all the important detail is on screen.

How to fix it

  • doAdd an audio-description track, or re-record the narration to describe what happens.

How A11ySignal checks it

manual

No automated rule can judge this criterion, and we will not pretend otherwise. A clean scan does not mean 1.2.5 passes — it means nothing we can measure fails. This one needs a person.

Also under 1.2 Time-based Media