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Re: - Video and auto play

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From: Hayman, Douglass
Date: Feb 8, 2022 1:54PM

I'd refer to this PDF used in the Trusted Tester process.

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/trusted_tester_test_process_v5_0_aug_16_2019.pdf

and then look at page 17 for 1.4.2 as it doesn't say you cannot have auto play but that you should be able to stop it within the first three elements encountered.

It'd be great if the tool in question had user preferences wherein auto play was off by default but that offered the ability for the user to toggle that on for her/his choice from then out.

One web-based accessibility training I took in months ago would have taken several keystrokes just to get to the media player and hit play, so I can see why some would prefer auto play. As a sighted user it was no big deal for me to hit the play button for each new module chapter but doing keyboard-only screen reader trial of the same was cumbersome.

Doug Hayman
IT Accessibility Coordinator
Information Technology
Olympic College
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(360) 475-7632 (currently working remotely and don't have access to this phone)