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# uTheory is Closed Captioned
- URL: https://ghost-new.utheory.com/utheory-is-closed-captioned-178038807c03/
- Published: 2020-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-05-09T22:40:45.000Z
- Description: (And other accessibility improvements.)
- Author: Gregory Ristow
- Tags: a11y, News, #Import 2026-10-25 20:37

(And other accessibility improvements.)

Yesterday we launched closed captioning for all of [uTheory](http://utheory.com/?ref=ghost-new.utheory.com)’s videos — that’s nearly three hundred videos in total!

![](https://ghost-new.utheory.com/content/images/downloaded_images/uTheory-is-Closed-Captioned/1-4o8f69g1nZUnqqrYKdJi1w.png)

A closed caption on a video in a Roman Numerals lesson

In addition to users who are hard of hearing, we know this will be welcomed by international students as well as those of us who forgot a pair of headphones when we’re trying to learn music theory in a coffee shop.

We’ve also added a visual metronome to rhythm reading exercises, in the form of a politely flashing blue bar, to make it possible to complete these without audio as well.

## Alt Tags for Musical Notation

All of our musical notation has had “alt” tags for years, but we’ve improved the readability of this for screen readers significantly:

- Notes with accidentals now are spelled out “B-flat” and “F-sharp”
- Rhythms are written out “dotted-eighth” instead of the prior code-word-like “8.”
- Selections of particular notes are now noted in the alt text, for instance “quarter-note C4-Selected: E4-G4” to make it easier for low-vision or blind users to use keyboard navigation of exercises

These are just a two of many improvements we’re working on to make uTheory more accessible to everyone.