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Captions Unobstructed
Group: images-and-media • Guideline: captions
Summary in Plain English
Captions are positioned so they do not cover visual information needed to understand the video.
Why It Matters
Captions sitting over on-screen text or a speaker's face force a deaf viewer to choose between two pieces of the same content.