1 Scope
This document provides recommendations on the audio presentation of captions/subtitles and other on-screen text for use in all type of videos regardless of the language and technology being used to transmit and present the
recorded or live video.
This document applies to making captions/subtitles and other on-screen text accessible to users with various needs, including but not
limited to people with learning and reading disabilities, people with cognitive disabilities,
people who are blind or have low vision, older people, and non-native language speakers.
It does not apply to captions/subtitles or other on-screen text whose content is already provided in the soundtrack in a
language and a way users can access.
This document provides guidance on spoken captions/subtitles as a stand-alone access service but it also provides guidance on how to integrate
spoken captions/subtitles, other spoken on-screen text and audio description, if needed, in different types of videos.
NOTE 1 Extensive guidance on audio description is provided in ISO/IEC/TS 20071-21.
This document does not consider the devices or transmission mechanisms used to deliver
and play the content or the audio presentation of text in videos. These devices include, but are not limited to televisions, computers, wireless devices,
projection equipment, DVD and home cinema equipment, cinema equipment and other forms
of user interfaces technology. Therefore, this document does not consider transcodin...