Captions and screen readers - Accessible Media Guide

Hi,

I'm missing a clear statement that captions should also be accessible for screen reader users. It is quite frequent that although the video has captions, they are not automatically read by screen readers. Blind persons use captions the same way as other users: for understanding (if the video is in the language you don't know), for better understanding (if you are not the native speaker of the language), for understanding details (when some precise data are mentioned in the video - pausing the video and reading captions help to learn).
This feature should be taken into consideration when a video player is selected.

Thanks,
Raf

Rafal Charlampowicz, Accessibility Specialist
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