8 guidance statements support this accessibility characteristic:
- Assistive technology-compatible - For systems with user interfaces, people may need content and operable elements to be accessed and presented through assistive technology.
- Avoid auditory distractions - For systems with auditory output, people may need to avoid auditory distractions that may prevent them from focusing on a task.
- Avoid cognitive overloads - For system the presents content and other stimuli, people may need to avoid cognitive overloads?
- Avoid overwhelming audio - For systems with audio content, people may need to avoid audio events that may overload their perception.
- Background noise - For systems that present content, people may need to be able to distinguish information in the foreground from background noise (noise which may be of any modality).
- Mute all audio - For systems with audio output, people may need the ability to silence or mute all audio output.
- No audio seizure triggers - For systems with audio output, people may need to to avoid auditory patterns that cause seizures.
- Synchronized captions - For system with auditory content, people may need captions synchronized with the main content.