A year of accessible meetings starts now.
ADA Title II requires audio description for public video—not just captions. Access Granted gives qualifying organizations a year of automated audio description for their meetings and video, running through the compliance deadline.
ADA Title II Requires Audio Description—Not Just Captions
ADA Title II requires public entities to make video accessible, and the rule covers more than captions. Audio description—a narrated account of what's on screen—is a specific requirement under WCAG 2.1 AA. Most government video teams have captions handled. The audio description requirement is where accessible public meetings most often fall short.
Captions make what's said accessible. This requirement is widely understood, and most organizations already caption their meetings.
Audio description makes what's shown accessible—a narrated track describing meaningful visual content for blind and low-vision viewers. It's required, and it's missing from most government video.
The ADA video compliance deadline is April 26, 2027 for jurisdictions serving 50,000 or more residents, and April 26, 2028 for smaller ones. Government video accessibility applies to existing archives, not just new meetings. See the full deadline breakdown.
What Access Granted Includes
Access Granted gets qualifying organizations started now: a year of MediaScribe Narrate, with enough hours to cover a full year of public meetings.
A Year of MediaScribe Narrate
Automated audio description for prerecorded video. AI drafts the narration; your staff reviews and approves before anything publishes.
Hours for a Full Year of Meetings
Enough Narrate hours to cover a full year of public meetings—council sessions, hearings, work sessions, and the videos around them.
No Added Workload
No scripting, no voice talent, no added staff. Processing runs in the background while your team works on everything else.
Coverage Through the Deadline
The program year runs through the April 2027 ADA video compliance deadline, so the work is done before enforcement begins.
Three Steps, Starting Today
No procurement cycle, no hardware, no studio time. The application takes two minutes, and most teams are publishing accessible meetings the same week they're approved.
Apply
Tell us about your organization and your meetings. The application takes about two minutes.
Qualify
We confirm your eligibility as a Title II public entity and set up your Narrate account—no hardware, no installation.
Publish
Upload meetings, review the AI-drafted descriptions, approve, and publish. Accessible public meetings, starting now.
Questions About Access Granted
The questions every ADA coordinator, IT director, and station manager asks before applying.
A Year of Accessible Meetings Starts with a Two-Minute Application
Tell us about your organization and your meetings. If you qualify, your coverage starts now and runs through the April 2027 compliance deadline.