5-4 Video and Multimedia Products Accessibility

The purpose of this standard is:

• To ensure that video receivers and displays are capable of displaying closed captioning in a variety of contexts.
• To ensure that all associated data, information, training material, and documents related to those mission–critical video and multimedia productions must be open or closed–captioned.
• Require audio descriptions for all training and informational video and multimedia productions which are related to the mission of the organization (i.e., considered mission–critical) and that contain visual information necessary for the comprehension of the content.

In considering the many different technologies involved, note that video in combination with other media, regardless of format, is considered multimedia. Whether broadcast to a television or streamed over the Internet, it must comply with the video and multimedia standard.