10 guidance statements support this user need context:
- Control distractions - For systems that include notifications or other interruptions to task completion, people may need to control interruptions.
- Familiar interactions - People may need content and interfaces that follow familiar user interface interaction behavior and feedback conventions.
- Hide accessibility features - For systems that provide specific accessibility functions, people may need to temporarily hide them.
- Limited vision distinguish distractions - For systems that present content that is not related to a task or from a different source than the main content, people may need the secondary content to be clearly indicated programmatically, visually with high luminosity, or with equivalent auditory and tactile versions.
- Multi-frequency events - For systems that present audio alerts and other events, people may need them presented in multiple frequencies, including frequencies where their hearing may be better.
- No disruption when activating access feature - People may need to be able to activate their desired modality without a serious disruption such as restarting the computer, closing and restarting an app, or leaving an active task in progress.
- Noticeable non-auditory alert - For systems that present auditory, time-sensitive alerts, people may need the alerts to be in a format that they will notice immediately, such as flashing lights or insistent vibration.
- Noticeable non-visual alert - For systems that present visual, time-sensitive alerts, people may need the alerts to be in a format that they will notice immediately, such an auditory alert or insistent vibration.
- Notifications in auditory alternatives - For systems that present auditory notifications, people may need visual or tactile equivalents.
- Safe without reliance on alerts - For systems that present alerts, people may need to use the system safely even if I miss an alert or hazard warning.