What is Stream Accessibility? [Complete Guide]

Stream accessibility is the practice of making live streams usable by viewers with disabilities, particularly deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences. It primarily involves adding live captions. Over 1.5 billion people have some form of hearing loss globally.

Core Elements of Stream Accessibility

Why It Matters

1.5 billion people globally have hearing loss. Only 12% of Twitch streams offer captions, making 88% inaccessible to deaf viewers.

How to Make Your Stream Accessible

The single highest-impact step is adding live captions via StreamTranslate. Setup takes 60 seconds.

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