developing Supplemental requirement
Speakers Identified In Audio Descriptions
Summary in Plain English
When a video has several speakers, the audio description makes clear who is speaking - except where the speaker's identity is deliberately hidden or is already obvious from context.
Why It Matters
Voices alone are hard to tell apart without the picture, particularly for listeners with hearing loss as well as sight loss.
Scope: When This Applies
The draft's own conditions, quoted from guidelines/groups/images-and-media/audio-descriptions/speakers-identified-in-audio-descriptions.md.
Applies when
- There are multiple speakers in the video.
Except when
- The speaker has a hidden identity as part of narrative structure.
- Identity is identifiable within the context of use.
Examples from the Draft
Worked examples the W3C editors wrote into the provision itself, not examples invented here.
Initially using “Maya Angelou” within the context of a story regarding poetry and then using “Angelou”.