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Audio Description
Audio description is a separate audio track providing narrated description of meaningful visual content in video that is not conveyed through dialogue — required by WCAG 1.2.5 at Level AA for pre-recorded video where significant visual information is presented.
About Audio Description
Common forms: extended audio description (video pauses for the description), and inserted description (fits in dialogue gaps). Required for many educational and government videos.
Where Audio Description appears in a AccessivePath audit
Our AI auditors test concepts like Audio Description as part of the WCAG 2.2 Level AA audit cycle — both via automated rule scanning and through screen-reader simulation and human pair review.
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