HTML5 Video Element Accessibility: Example

• video element supports captioning through the track element
• WebVTT timed text format

Video Element Example

  <video controls">
    <source src="media/gb-imovie-mobile.mp4" type="video/mp4">
    <source src="media/gb-imovie-mobile.webm" type="video/ogg">
    <track  kind="captions"
            src="media/groundbreaking.vtt"
            srclang="en"
            label="English Captioning">
  </video>
      

VTT Time Text Format Example

WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.500


00:00:07.140 --> 00:00:26.860
[music]

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Recognizing our members of the armed forces

00:00:29.696 --> 00:00:33.266
who have fallen, and supporting those who have served,

00:00:33.266 --> 00:00:35.869
and returned home is a strong,