Did you know that playing music or video on your website can violate Web Accessibility standards?

If any audio plays automatically for more than 3 seconds, either a mechanism must be available at the top of the page to pause or stop the audio, or a mechanism must be available to control audio volume independently from the overall system volume level.

Reference:   opens in a new windowWCAG 2.1 (Level A) – 1.4.2 

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