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Re: Video and auto play

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From: glen walker
Date: Feb 8, 2022 1:54PM

If you're going old school Section 508 compliance, 1194.21 (a-l) and
1194.22 (a-p), then there isn't a requirement about autoplaying. But since
508 now points to WCAG 2.0, 1.4.2 and 2.2.2 apply and they just say you
need a way to pause it. They can still play automatically if it makes
sense to do so, although leaving that decision up to the user is typically
the best option.

Just make sure the client understands the drawbacks of autoplay. It can
certainly be handy but can also be frustrating if I'm listening to a screen
reader and then audio or video starts playing and now two audio streams are
talking to me.