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Technique F113:Failure of Success Criterion 1.2.5 due to not using available pauses in dialogue to provide audio descriptions of important visual content

About this Technique

This technique is not referenced from any Understanding document.

This failure applies to all synchronized media.

Description

This describes a failure condition for all techniques involving audio descriptions. Audio descriptions can either be provided as part of the soundtracks's original narration or be added to audio during pauses in existing dialogue. If actions, characters, scene changes, and on-screen text are only conveyed visually, appropriate pauses in dialogue must be used to provide this information as audio descriptions.

Note

Not all pauses are usable for audio descriptions. If the pauses in dialogue are too short (for instance, less than 2 seconds), or do not occur in proximity to the visual content that needs to be described, they may not be appropriate for audio descriptions.

Tests

Procedure

For each occurrence of synchronized time-based media:

  1. Check that all important visual information has been conveyed in the narration.
  2. Check that narration has been added in all appropriate pauses in the dialogue.

Expected Results

  • If checks 1 and 2 are false, then this failure condition applies and the content fails the success criterion.
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