This video starts playing automatically with sound:
Audio starts without warning — startling, disorienting, and inaccessible.
Barrier: Autoplay with Sound18 / 30
Same video — user controls playback:
Muted by default. The user decides when and whether to play.
Autoplay with sound is disorienting for screen reader users whose audio is immediately overridden, and startling for everyone else. Video should never autoplay with sound. If autoplay is used at all, it must be muted and easily pausable.
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