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

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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