G60
http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20120103/G60.html
Status
- Sent to WCAG Working Group 09 Oct 2014
- Reject change - not an accessibility issue
Notes on the WCAG Technique Sections
- Applicability: no change needed
- Description: modified
- Examples: no change needed
- Related: no change needed
- Tests: no change needed
Original
Description
The purpose of this technique is to allow authors to play a sound on their Web page but avoid the problem of users not being able to use their screen readers due to interference by the content sound. It also allows the author to avoid putting controls on the Web page to control the sound - and the problem faced by users with screen readers in finding the control (when unable to hear their screen reader).
The technique is simple. The sound plays for 3 or less seconds and stops automatically.
Proposed Changes
The purpose of this technique is to allow authors to play a sound on their Web page but avoid the problem of users not being able to use their screen readers due to interference by the content sound @@or their device when in a location, such as a meeting or on public transportation, where sound from the device would be distracting or disruptive to the environment or surrounding people.@@ It also allows the author to avoid putting controls on the Web page to control the sound - and the problem faced by users with screen readers in finding the control (when unable to hear their screen reader). The technique is simple. The sound plays for 3 or less seconds and stops automatically.
- Mike Shebanek, 10 Sept 2014