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title: Accessible HTML5 Video with JavaScripted captions - Opera Developer Community
permalink: https://sixtwothree.org/links/479
bookmark: http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/accessible-html5-video-with-javascripted-captions/
published: 2010-05-13T22:09:20-04:00
updated: 2016-01-14T16:40:12-05:00
tags:
- accessibility
- HTML
- HTML5
- JavaScript
- media
- video
---
It’s great that HTML5 allows us to embed video into web pages that can then be displayed directly by browsers, without having to rely on third-party plugins. The elephant in the corner regarding all video — whether it be HTML5 or proprietary — is accessibility. What are conscientious developers to do to provide textual alternatives for those who can’t access the contents of the video?
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