Re: Captions obscuring text content of video - SC 1.2.2 fail?

That is really a good way of highlighting the issue. Perhaps "strongly
advises against" is an alternative to "disallow" that could be considered.
Thanks
Sailesh Panchang

Email: sailesh.panchang@deque.com
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On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM Guy Hickling <guy.hickling@gmail.com> wrote:

> In my accessibility audit reports I log this issue as an Access Defect,
> not a WCAG fail, but I add a note at the end of the issue report saying:
>
> "This does not actually fail SC1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded), but the WCAG
> does disallow this practice in Note 4 of its glossary definition of
> “Captions”.
>
> I think the word "disallow" is a suitable word to use in this context, but
> others might be able to think of a better one.
>
> Guy Hickling,
> Freelance Accessibility Consultant
>
>