Identify the offered text
W3C WAI distinguishes transcripts from captions and describes interactive transcript behaviour as a media-player feature. A basic text document can be read independently without appearing at the correct video times.
Do not infer a caption track merely because a programme page includes a transcript link.
Choose the task explicitly
A viewer may need text while watching, a document for reading afterward or navigation by text. These tasks are not interchangeable.
Use the exact programme and edition and ask whether the supplied text includes relevant speaker and non-speech information, not merely selected dialogue.
Inspect synchronization where needed
For captions, check the player's actual offered track and a known permitted passage. For an interactive transcript, test whether selecting a phrase reaches the intended point if that feature is offered.
A plain transcript with timestamps is not automatically an implemented clickable navigation interface.
Keep completeness and interface separate
A complete text resource can be difficult to reach through the intended remote or assistive route. Conversely, an accessible button can open incomplete or different-edition text.
Record those findings independently instead of declaring the whole service accessible from one visible text icon.
Ask a precise availability question
Name whether the requirement is supplied captions, a basic transcript, descriptive transcript or interactive navigation. The legitimate provider can then answer the relevant inventory question.
No programme or assistive arrangement was tested here. This article explains W3C's representation distinction and does not claim legal compliance, accessibility conformance or IPTV Canada availability.
Keep a generated text result identified
If the text was generated by a device or transcription tool, retain that origin and assess it rather than presenting it as a provider-authored transcript. A correct sentence does not establish names, overlapping dialogue or sound information across the whole title. Do not redistribute protected programme text simply to demonstrate the control. The useful support note identifies the offered representation, the actual task and the smallest missing capability, leaving its coverage and accuracy as separate questions. If an interactive transcript opens the wrong scene, keep its navigation error separate from the accuracy of the written words. A text document can be correct while its media links point to another timeline or edition.
Sources and scope
Scope notes distinguish published documentation, supplied information and editorial methods. They do not report a hands-on service test.
- W3C WAI transcripts — Official page inspected: basic/descriptive transcripts and interactive-transcript distinction. No legal compliance or service inventory claim.
- W3C WAI captions — Official current excerpt: captions and timed text context. No accessibility conformance test performed.
