Transcripts & text records · Core

Descriptive transcript

ELI5

A transcript including dialogue and descriptions of relevant visual action or information.

Used in conversation

“Please include a descriptive transcript so the visual information is available in text.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Descriptive transcript” in accessibility, localisation, ethics & ai conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains access, language adaptation, care, provenance and emerging synthetic-media responsibilities.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.