Accessibility statement template

Copy this into your website and fill in the brackets. It explains how your videos meet WCAG 2.1 AA. It's a starting point, not legal advice — have it checked before you publish.

Accessibility Statement — [Your organization]

[Your organization] is committed to making our videos usable by everyone, including people who are blind, have low vision, are Deaf or hard of hearing, or are deaf-blind. We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA.

How our videos support accessibility
- Closed captions (WCAG 1.2.2): every prerecorded video has synchronized captions with speaker labels and meaningful sound cues.
- Audio description (WCAG 1.2.5): a version with spoken description of important visual information, placed in natural pauses in the dialogue.
- Text alternative: a combined captions-and-description track for screen-reader and braille users.
- Accessible player: keyboard operable, with separate controls for captions and the described soundtrack.

How we produce them
Captions and descriptions are generated with AI-assisted tools (DescribeVid) and reviewed by our staff before publishing. Last reviewed: [date].

Known limitations
[List any videos or content not yet captioned or described, and when they will be.]

Feedback
If you have trouble accessing any video, contact us at [email / phone]. We aim to respond within [X] business days.

Date of this statement: [date]