Checklist

Level A

Player

VDP_A1:

Is the video player accessible (i.e. there are no keyboard traps)?

VDP_A2:

Can the video player be activated and operated via the keyboard?

VDP_A3i:

Does the video only start at the user request (i.e. by activating it via the keyboard or mouse and not starting automatically)?

VDP_A3ii:

If the video starts automatically, is there a website mechanism to pause or stop the video at the start of the page before the video?

VDP_A4i:

Can the video volume be modified?

VDP_A4ii:

Can the video volume be modified with the mouse?

VDP_A4iii:

Can the video volume be modified with the keyboard?

VDP_A5:

If the video is provided as a text alternative is it labelled as such?

VDP_A6:

Is the video or video alternative available when Flash is disabled?

VDP_A7:

Is the video functional with style sheets disabled?

VDP_A8:

Does the video remain in the correct page sequence when style sheets are disabled?

VDP_A9:

When JavaScript is disabled, do links reliant on JavaScript become hidden?

VDP_A10:

Can the accessible alternative to the video be accessed when JavaScript is disabled?

VDP_A11:

Are links to the video files descriptive?

VDP_A12:

Can you select a video without causing a change prior to the current focus?

VDP_A13:

 Does the video exclude flashing content which flashes more than three times per second?

Captions

VDC_A1:

Do videos include captions?

VDC_A2:

Do captions include all dialogue and important sound effects?

VDC_A3:

Do captions only contain information in the video (i.e.do not contain additional content not in the video)?

Transcript

VDT_A1:

Do videos have transcripts?

VDT_A2:

Is the video transcript link clear?

VDT_A3:

Does the video transcript provide equivalent information to the video?

VDT_A4:

Does the video transcript only contain information in the video (i.e. does not contain information that is not included in the video)?

VDT_A5:

Is the video transcript accessible?

VDT_A6:

Is the video transcript or a link to the transcript immediately before or after the video?

VDT_A7:

Is the end of transcript marked if it is on the same page as the video?

VDT_A8:

Does the video transcript (when on a different page to the video) provide a method of returning back to the original video?

VDT_A9i:

Do interactive transcripts keep track with the video content?

VDT_A9ii:

Is the current position in the interactive transcript available when style sheets are disabled?

VDT_A9iii:

Can the current position in the interactive transcript be determined without relying on colour (i.e. isn’t marked with colour alone)?

Level AA

Captions

VDC_AA1:

Is the colour contrast of the video captions sufficient?

Audio descriptions

VDT_AA1:

Do videos have audio descriptions?