< Scripts for Showcase Examples with Videos
| Sequence | Narration | Visuals | Audio Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | [INTRO MUSIC] | [TITLE] Web Accessibility Perspectives - Video Captions | [before narration:] Web accessibility perspectives |
| 1 | Video isn’t just about pictures - it’s also about sound. Without the audio, you’d have to guess what this film is about. | A man sat at a desk using the computer. He starts watching a video. | [after narration:] A man sat at a desk starts watching a video on his computer. |
| 2 | NO AUDIO (SPEECH AND MUSIC) FOR A MOMENT | VIDEO PLAYING ON THE MAN'S COMPUTER | |
| 3 | The video shows a person speaking to the camera. | [after some pause] The video on his computer shows a person speaking to the camera. It is playing with no audio. | |
| 4 | Frustrating isn’t it? Not knowing what’s going on. | It is unclear what is happening in the video on the computer. | |
| 5 | That's the situation for everyone who can’t hear. | It turns out the man has a hearing aid. | [after narration:] The man watching the video has a hearing aid. |
| 6 | Captions make videos accessible. | The man with the hearing aid switches on the captions option on his video. | [after narration:] He turns on captions for the video playing. |
| 7 | Which is also handy for people who want to watch video in loud environments... | Cut to another man watching a captioned video in what appears to be a cafe – there’s a noisy bunch chatting away next to him. | [after narration:] Another man is watching the captioned video with a group of people chatting away next to him. |
| 8 | Or where you need to be very, very quiet. | Pull out to reveal it’s actually a library – somebody hushes the group and the group members look sheepish, having just been 'told off'. | [after narration:] Turns out they are in a library. The group is shushed by the libarian. |
| 9 | Web accessibility: essential for some, useful for all. | Captioned video playing on a computer screen. | [after narration:] The video is shown playing with the captions on. |
| 10 | Visit w3.org/WAI/perspectives for more information on video captions. | [WEB ADDRESS (w3.org/WAI/perspectives); W3C AND WAI LOGOS; COPYRIGHT NOTICE] | W3C Web Accessibility Initiative, copyright 2016 |