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Applies to all technologies except those for voice interaction.
This technique relates to:
The purpose of this technique is to allow authors to play a sound on their 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 page to control the sound - and the problem faced by consumers 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.
Example 1: A page opens with a trumpet fanfare and then goes silent
Example 2: A homepage opens with a short greeting by the chairman and then goes silent.
Example 3: A page opens with instructions on how to use the page.
Example 4: A page opens with a warning and then goes silent.
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check that all sound that plays automatically stops in 3 seconds or less
#2 is true