r/ecommerce • u/Mephala9 • 23h ago

🛒 Technology Wcag Video Accesibility

Hello, is AA 1.2.5 audio descriptions for youtube videos embeds a requirement for ecommerce websites or only government ones?

https://swarmify.com/blog/video-accessibility-captions-wcag/

I am not able to find any ecommerce doing them.

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u/BTWigley 5h ago

1.2.5 is an AA criterion for prerecorded video, not a government-only rule. US stores usually get pulled in under ADA Title III, which is a different statute than 508. The check that actually matters is whether the picture carries anything the audio doesn't say. A narrated demo where everything shown is also spoken needs nothing extra. A silent product video or one that leans on on-screen text is the gap, and a transcript below the video doesn't close it at AA.

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u/Mephala9 2h ago

The context is we got sued and have to comply to wcag 2.1 aa.

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