Agent skill

Multimedia Accessibility

by Owl-Listener in Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills

Design accessible video, audio, and multimedia content with captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions.

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Multimedia Accessibility

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills --skill multimedia-accessibility -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills multimedia-accessibility --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/accessible-content/skills/multimedia-accessibility .claude/skills/multimedia-accessibility && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
multimedia-accessibility
GitHub stars
103
Token cost
~894 tokens
SKILL.md length
428 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
55
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Design accessible video, audio, and multimedia content with captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions.

  • Works in 6 steps: Does every video have accurate,… → Does every audio file have a transcript? → Are auto-captions reviewed and corrected? → …
  • Reviewing video
  • SKILL.md covers Core Principle, Captions, Transcripts and Audio Descriptions, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Multimedia Accessibility is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills. Design accessible video, audio, and multimedia content with captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions. Use when creating or reviewing video, audio, podcasts, webinars, animations, or any time-based media. Triggers on: captions, subtitles, transcript, audio description, video accessibility, podcast accessibility, multimedia, closed captions, sign language, media player, autoplay.

Its SKILL.md is about 890 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Transcription, Accessibility and Podcasting. The repository describes itself as: Inclusive design skills for AI coding agents — from cognitive accessibility to adaptive interfaces, inclusive research, and accessibility decision-making. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing video
  • Any time-based media
  • Audio description
  • Video accessibility

Example prompts

  • “/multimedia-accessibility”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Does every video have accurate, synchronised captions?
  2. Does every audio file have a transcript?
  3. Are auto-captions reviewed and corrected?
  4. Is important visual information audio-described?
  5. Is the media player fully keyboard accessible?
  6. Is autoplay disabled?

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6e0740f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Multimedia Accessibility loads about 894 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 103 tokens; SKILL.md has 428 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~103
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~894

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills at commit 6e0740f, republished under its MIT licence (© Owl-Listener). 428 words, ~894 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/multimedia-accessibility/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
multimedia-accessibility
description
Design accessible video, audio, and multimedia content with captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions. Use when creating or reviewing video, audio, podcasts, webinars, animations, or any time-based media. Triggers on: captions, subtitles, transcript, audio description, video accessibility, podcast accessibility, multimedia, closed captions, sign language, media player, autoplay.

Multimedia Accessibility

Design multimedia content that can be consumed by people who can't hear the audio, can't see the video, or can't process both at once.

Core Principle

Every piece of information conveyed through one sense must also be available through another. Audio content needs a visual equivalent. Visual content needs an audio or text equivalent.

Captions

What Captions Include
  • All spoken dialogue, attributed to the speaker
  • Relevant sound effects: [door slams], [phone rings], [laughter]
  • Music that conveys mood or meaning: [upbeat music], [tense score]
  • Off-screen sounds that matter: [footsteps approaching]
Caption Quality
  • Synchronised with speech (within 1 second)
  • Minimum 1 second display time, maximum 2 lines
  • No more than 32 characters per line for readability
  • Proper punctuation and grammar — not auto-generated without review
  • Speaker identification when multiple speakers are present
Auto-Captions Are Not Enough
  • Auto-generated captions typically have 80–85% accuracy
  • That means 1 in 5 or 6 words is wrong
  • Always review and correct auto-captions
  • Names, technical terms, and accented speech fail most often

Transcripts

When to Provide
  • Every audio-only file (podcast, voice memo, audio article)
  • Every video (as a complement to captions)
  • Transcripts serve people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who prefer reading to watching/listening
What Transcripts Include
  • All spoken content with speaker labels
  • Descriptions of relevant visual content (for video transcripts)
  • Relevant sound effects and music cues
  • Timestamps for longer content (helps navigation)
Transcript Placement
  • Link directly below or beside the media player
  • Label clearly: "Read the full transcript"
  • Don't hide behind multiple clicks
  • Make transcripts searchable

Audio Descriptions

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When to Provide
  • When video content conveys important visual information that isn't in the dialogue
  • Presentations where speakers reference slides or visuals
  • Tutorials that demonstrate visual actions
What to Describe
  • On-screen text not read aloud
  • Actions and gestures that carry meaning
  • Scene changes and visual context
  • Charts, graphs, and visual data shown on screen
How to Describe
  • Fit descriptions into natural pauses in dialogue
  • Be concise — describe what matters, not everything visible
  • For dense visual content: provide an extended audio description version where the video pauses for description

Media Player Requirements

  • Keyboard-accessible play, pause, stop, volume, and seek controls
  • Visible captions toggle
  • Speed controls (0.5x to 2x) — essential for cognitive accessibility
  • Volume control independent of system volume
  • No autoplay — let the user choose when to start
  • Visible progress bar with time display

Assessment Questions

  1. Does every video have accurate, synchronised captions?
  2. Does every audio file have a transcript?
  3. Are auto-captions reviewed and corrected?
  4. Is important visual information audio-described?
  5. Is the media player fully keyboard accessible?
  6. Is autoplay disabled?

© Owl-Listener, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in accessible-content/skills/multimedia-accessibility of Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6e0740f

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Multimedia Accessibility next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Clipifylouisedesadeleer/clipify587—~3.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Oracle Title ForgeSoul-Brews-Studio/arra-oracle-skills-cli122—~2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Video Transcribewendy7756/AI-Video-Transcriber3.3k—~937Automated safety check: NotesApache-2.0

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Questions about Multimedia Accessibility

What does Multimedia Accessibility do?

Design accessible video, audio, and multimedia content with captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions. Multimedia Accessibility is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills. Design accessible video, audio, and multimedia content with captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions.

When should I use Multimedia Accessibility?

Multimedia Accessibility fits situations like: reviewing video; any time-based media; audio description; video accessibility.

How do I install Multimedia Accessibility in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills --skill multimedia-accessibility -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (accessible-content/skills/multimedia-accessibility in Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills) into .claude/skills/multimedia-accessibility in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Multimedia Accessibility in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills --skill multimedia-accessibility -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (accessible-content/skills/multimedia-accessibility in Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills) into .agents/skills/multimedia-accessibility in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Multimedia Accessibility in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills --skill multimedia-accessibility -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/multimedia-accessibility, .gemini/skills/multimedia-accessibility, .github/skills/multimedia-accessibility and .opencode/skills/multimedia-accessibility in your project.

What does Multimedia Accessibility need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Multimedia Accessibility is instructions for the agent only.

Does Multimedia Accessibility access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Multimedia Accessibility safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Multimedia Accessibility use?

Multimedia Accessibility is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Multimedia Accessibility use?

About 894 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Multimedia Accessibility?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Multimedia Accessibility: Captions Media Accessibility (calesthio/generative-media-skills, 191 stars), Audio Mixing Mastering (calesthio/generative-media-skills, 191 stars), Clipify (louisedesadeleer/clipify, 587 stars) and Oracle Title Forge (Soul-Brews-Studio/arra-oracle-skills-cli, 122 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Multimedia Accessibility?

Owl-Listener (a GitHub user) maintains it in Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills, which has 103 GitHub stars. The repository holds 55 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 9, 2026.

Source: Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.