How to Make Video and Audio Accessible

Video and audio content on your website must have text alternatives to ensure that it is fully accessible to all visitors, including:

  • the visually or hearing impaired
  • users on cell phones or who have limited bandwidth
  • users who do not have sound capabilities and who therefore may be unable to listen to your video unless you supply a textual alternative; e.g., users in libraries
  • search engines that access and index multimedia information

Alternatives to text for all non-text content include posting a transcript for or adding captions to any video you make publicly available.

Required by New York State

New York State policy mandates that all web-based information and applications meet accessibility requirements in compliance with Federal Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.