Script 1: Video Captions

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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