What this criterion requires
Where pauses in the soundtrack are too short to describe essential visuals, the video is paused to make room for extended audio description.
Who it helps
People who are blind, for content dense with visual information.
Example: fails vs passes
A fast-paced tutorial whose pauses are too short for description to keep up.
An extended-description cut that pauses the video where needed to finish describing.
Required only where standard audio description cannot fit the essential information.
How to meet and fix it
- Produce an extended-description cut of fast-paced instructional video
Common failures auditors find
- Fast tutorials whose standard description track cannot keep up
Automated scanning catches a share of these instantly - run a free check - and a manual audit covers the judgement calls a tool cannot make.
Sources
- W3C, Understanding 1.2.7: Extended Audio Description (Prerecorded) - w3.org/WAI
- W3C, How to Meet 1.2.7 (quick reference) - w3.org/WAI/quickref
Last updated . Reviewed by the EqualWeb accessibility team.
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