On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Remco<remc...@gmail.com> wrote: > My search was indeed too quick. I stand corrected. > > Captions/subtitles seem like a very good idea for accessibility, but > in addition to that I think that an alt attribute would still be > appropriate for browsers that can't display the media at all. The alt > is a replacement for an external element that cannot be displayed at > all for whatever reason. It replaces the element. That's why I would > suggest alt attributes for objects, embeds, frames, etc. too.
If a particular UA does not support the <video> element at all, it should display the fallback content inside the element. ~TJ