Accessible Documents

Checklist

• Transcripts
  • Transcripts of podcasts help those who are deaf or hard of hearing
  • Transcripts or scripts of podcasts can help them be found by search engines which can index the words in the podcast based on the script or transcript
  • Transcripts can help those for whom English (or the language of the podcast) is not their native language
  • Since not everyone has access to the same word processor, using plain text files allows everyone to read the transcript in their
  • Transcripts are typically linked with the video but are not necessarily part of the video itself
  • Creating a video with the transcript accompanying the audio can be useful.