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Text and images have always been the foundation of web content, but more than ever, video and audio are also a part of that content mix. Fortunately, we can now create standards-based video and audio players that don't require the use of plugins. Adding video and audio to a webpage is almost as easy as adding an image or formatting some text.
In this course, we're going to spend most of our time focusing on the video and audio elements. We'll learn about a few others, but those two allow us to embed video and sound content into webpages.
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Try going back to the beginning and follow the instructions for working with video on a local computer.
If you've ever watched a foreign film in a language you don't speak, you've probably seen text down at the bottom of the screen. That text is called captions, or subtitles. It's always a good idea to caption videos, whether it's for people with hearing impairments, people that are in a public space and don't have headphones with them, or for people that just can't quite understand what you're saying. Even if there's no spoken text in a video, it's still nice to point out sound effects and music, or even highlight the absence of sound.
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Create your own video file and try adding captions.
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