How Video Translation Can Improve Website Accessibility
A translated subtitle track can help viewers understand a video in another language. Accessible captions also include relevant sounds and speaker identification when needed. Plan the tracks around what your audience needs to understand, particularly when a video explains how to use a service or complete a task.
Start with a checked transcript
Prepare a transcript in the original language and verify names, numbers and specialist terms. Include meaningful audio cues where they matter. Use that transcript to create caption and translation tracks, and ask someone fluent in the target language to review the wording.
Check the player and the content together
Test whether viewers can choose the right language with a keyboard and on a phone. Check timing, readability and whether captions cover important on-screen text. Where essential information is only visual, consider a description or a descriptive transcript.
Make updates easy to maintain
Keep the source transcript and track files with the video. If an instruction or product name changes, update the relevant language versions at the same time. Publish a transcript where it helps people skim, search or use the material at their own pace.
