video description
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A video description is the text accompanying a video on platforms like YouTube, typically appearing below the video player.
It summarizes content, provides context, credits, timestamps, or links.
Creators use descriptions for searchability and viewer information: Check the video description for chapter timestamps.
In accessibility contexts, video description refers to audio narration describing visual elements for blind viewers.
- audiovisualPertaining to sound and image
- voice-overOff-screen spoken commentary
- subtitlesOn-screen dialogue text
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- alt textWritten substitute for visuals
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