Autoplay media longer than 3 seconds Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

A media element automatically plays sound for more than 3 seconds, without a way to pause it.

Help

Remove the autoplay attribute or add a controls attribute.

Applicable standards

• ACT Rules 80f0bf
• WCAG 2.0 F93 (Success Criteria: 1.4.2 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 F93 (Success Criteria: 1.4.2 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) F93 (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

• 6.44 Mar 2022 Improved detection.
• 6.41 Jul 2021 Improved detection.
• 5.39 Nov 2020 Improved detection.
• 5.37 May 2020 Improved detection.
• 5.24 Dec 2016 Revised for October 2016 version of Techniques for WCAG 2.0.
• 5.8 Mar 2015 Added.

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

Rule ID: AccWcag2-F93-1