Creating Accessible and Inclusive Video

Learn how to create inclusive, accessible video content, from casting and crew selection to writing, editing, and fine-tuning video assets and scripts.

Introduction

• Prioritize video accessibility and inclusivity

1. Why Create Accessible and Inclusive Videos?

• Benefits of creating an accessible experience
• Benefits of creating inclusive content

2. Create an Accessible Experience

• Be thoughtful about color, contrast, and light
• Optimize for text clarity
• Create captions for all audiences
• Create subtitles and consider other localization strategies
• Create a transcript
• Create audio descriptions
• Include a sign language interpreter
• Choose accessible video and audio formats
• Choose an accessible video player
• Plan proactively and test for accessibility

3. Create Inclusive Content

• Be thoughtful about featuring diverse video topics
• Script with diversity and inclusion in mind
• Avoid jargon, buzzwords, and insider terms
• Recruit a diverse video crew
• Cast diverse talent
• Prioritize diverse asset creation and curation

Conclusion

• Next steps