How to make video and audio accessible

This guide is for anyone who creates or commissions video or audio-only content (like podcasts) for council websites and communications.

Read this guide before you start your video or audio project.

It can help make sure video and audio-only meet: 

  • user needs in different situations
  • accessibility requirements so it can be used with different assistive technologies like closed captioning, screen magnifiers, and screen readers

To make sure you've covered everything, use our video and audio-only checklist.

For questions about this guide, contact the communications team

Anyone who writes, creates or commissions content for our websites must make sure it's accessible. Learn what accessible content is.