Success Criterion 1.2.2 "Captions (Prerecorded)" is a Level A requirement under the "perceivable" principle of WCAG 2.2. EN 301 549 clause 9.1.2.2 maps this criterion for procurement conformance.
Correct: synchronised captions covering all speech and meaningful sound on prerecorded video — a <track kind="captions"> element or reviewed burned-in text. Incorrect: auto-generated captions published unreviewed, or claiming the video is "just decoration" when it carries information. Auto-captions are a draft, not a deliverable — unreviewed machine captions fail because their errors change meaning.
Engine coverage: partially automated (audit tier 1) — automated findings flag candidates; a clean VPAT claim still needs the documented manual check.
Last reviewed 2026-11-02 — generated from the engine’s WCAG criterion registry.
Reading up on WCAG 1.2.2? The engine verifies this surface from the perimeter — live on sovereign EU/UK partitions.