aXe violation for <audio>
element without caption should be a "need inspection"
#997
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<audio>
element without caption should be a "need inspection"
#997
aXe flags an
<audio>
element without an associated<track>
element as a violation.This is not always the case.
An
<audio>
element requires a text transcript, not synchronized captions.That transcript can be provided in a myriad of ways other than using the
<track>
element, e.g. by displaying it in HTML on the same page or even as a download link adjacent to the<audio
> element.There are also situations where the
<audio>
element itself does not need a transcript at all such as when it is used as an accessible aalternative to a visual cue.We use an
<audio>
element to play a popping sound as an incoming chat message notification for a screen reader user. That does not need a caption.I propose to revise this requirement to "needs verification".
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