Example > The Lion King

Media Access Group, WGBH (2004)

QT TT AD CC

This example demonstrates descriptive narration, using a clip from Disney's The Lion King. To provide access to the descriptions for deaf-blind viewers it is necessary to provide a separate text transcript of the content of the descriptions. The audio descriptions are represented in the form of text captions in this demonstration to provide access to the content of the descriptions for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers. This final step is not normally necessary, but was done in order to allow all users to learn about descriptive narration.

QuickTime Resources

QuickTime and SMIL > from Apple QT
QuickTime API Documentation > From Apple QT
QuickTime Text Descriptors > Basic information on QTtext QT

Closed Captions Resources

Closed Captioning Style Guide > from The Caption Center CC
Creating Captions for Rich Media > How to create and add captions for online media CC