Principle 1 Perceivable · Guideline 1.4: Distinguishable

1.4.7 Low or No Background Audio

Background sound in speech recordings is quiet or can be turned off.

Level AAA

What this means in practice

Music under a voice makes comprehension much harder with reduced hearing. The standard names 20 dB of separation – roughly: the background must be clearly quieter than the voice.

Normative wording

The binding text lives at the W3C. What you read here is our own faithful rendering – not a quotation.

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