Autoplay sound longer than 3 seconds Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

A sound plays longer than 3 seconds, without a way to turn it off.

Help

Remove the sound or give the user a means to stop it playing.

Applicable standards

• ACT Rules 80f0bf
• WCAG 2.0 F23 (Success Criteria: 1.4.2 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 F23 (Success Criteria: 1.4.2 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) F23 (Success Criteria: 1.4.2 level A)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 5.37 May 2020 HTML AUDIO element detected by AccWcag2-F93-1.
• 5.1 Jan 2013 Updated to detect HTML5 AUDIO element.
• 3.0 Dec 2008 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccWcag2-F23-1