Don’t Rely on YouTube Transcripts
November 24, 2020; 0 Comments
Let’s establish something first — auto-generated captions are a problem. They almost guarantee a WCAG failure and can leave users more confused (or offended) than when they started.
YouTube creates the transcript from the closed captions of a video (the text that overlays the video, as opposed to burned-in or open captions). If you are using auto-generated captions, your transcripts will already be insufficient (or terrible).
Caption Limitations
Assuming you start with good captions, there are challenges to using them as a transcript.
BBC has guidelines for creating captions (which those [...]
Accessibility
5 stars; 94.1% of tests passed. [Note: this rating is a work in progress.]
| Level A | Level AA | Level AAA | Unique |
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| 53 | 34 | 32 | 62 |
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