This section includes information on video accessibility for different audiences including captions or live captions for those who don’t have access to the audio and audio decsriptions for those who don’t have access to the visuals. See also the Captioning Decision Tree (Login Required) for additional information on vendors, pricing lists and policy.

Non-Deaf Beneficiaries of Captions

Although captions are considered time consuming to implement, it is helpful to remember that many individuals besides a deaf or hard of hearing audiences can benefit from captions. These include:

  • anyone with defective computer audio
  • students needing to learn new terminology or
  • those whose first language is not English
  • viewers in a noisy room or with a sleeping roommate