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Sign language equivalent

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Supplemental requirement developing

Sign language interpretation is equivalent to spoken dialogue, lyrics, and significant sound effects in audio content.

Except when

  • It is background audio.
  • The audio is an audio description of visual content.

Tests

Sign language equivalent

Procedure

For each instance of prerecorded audio content:

  1. Select a sample totaling at least 5% (for example, 1.5 minutes from each 30 minutes) of audio that contains meaningful spoken content.
  2. The meaning of the spoken content is conveyed accurately by the sign language interpretation.

Expected results

ACT Rules

Key Terms

sign language interpretation

translation of one language, generally a spoken language, into a sign language