act-rules · HelenBurge · May 25, 2023 · May 25, 2023 · May 25, 2023 · May 25, 2023
diff --git a/_rules/audio-transcript-2eb176.md b/_rules/audio-transcript-2eb176.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ rule_type: atomic
 description: |
   This rule checks that `audio` elements have a transcript that includes all auditory information.
 accessibility_requirements:
+  wcag20:1.2.1: # Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (A)
+    secondary: This success criterion is **less strict** than this rule. This is because the rule does not consider that the audio may be a media alternative for text. Some of the failed examples satisfy this success criterion.
 input_aspects:
   - DOM Tree
   - CSS Styling
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ input_aspects:
 acknowledgments:
   authors:
     - Brian Bors
+    - Helen Burge
     - Wilco Fiers
   funding:
     - WAI-Tools
@@ -22,27 +25,29 @@ acknowledgments:
 
 ## Applicability
 
-This rule applies to every [non-streaming](#non-streaming-media-element) `audio` element that is:
+This rule applies to every [non-streaming](#non-streaming-media-element) `audio` element for which at least one of the following is true:
 
-- playing; or,
-- has a [play button][] that is [visible][] and [included in the accessibility tree][].
+- the element has an `autoplay` [attribute value][] of `true`; or
+- the element has a [play button][] that is [visible][] and [included in the accessibility tree][].
 
 ## Expectation
 
-The auditory information of each test target is available through a text transcript. That text transcript is [visible][] and [included in the accessibility tree][], either on the page or through a link.
+The auditory information of each test target is available through a text transcript. That text transcript is [visible][], either on the page or through a [clearly labeled location][].
 
 **Note:** A "text transcript" in the context of this rule is defined in WCAG 2 as an [alternative for time based media](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#dfn-alternative-for-time-based-media).
 
 ## Assumptions
 
-There are no assumptions.
+In order to satisfy WCAG, transcripts need to be available for all users, not just sighted users. This rule does not test this, and it needs to be tested separately.
 
 ## Accessibility Support
 
 There are no accessibility support issues known.
 
 ## Background
 
+Some major browsers do not automatically play the 'video' unless it is muted, which makes the rule inapplicable in these browsers. The rule still applies to browsers that autoplay an audible 'video'.
+
 ### Bibliography
 
 - [Understanding SC 1.2.1:Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/audio-only-and-video-only-prerecorded)
@@ -90,6 +95,22 @@ This `audio` element has an `autoplay` attribute and an external transcript.
 </html>
 ```
 
+#### Passed Example 4
+
+This `audio` element has native player controls and an internal transcript that is not exposed to the accessibility tree.
+
+```html
+<html lang="en">
+	<audio src="/test-assets/moon-audio/moon-speech.mp3" controls></audio>
+	<p aria-hidden="true">
+		The above audio contains the following speech: We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things,
+		not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best
+		of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to
+		postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
+	</p>
+</html>
+```
+
 ### Failed
 
 #### Failed Example 1
@@ -156,22 +177,6 @@ This `audio` element has native player controls and a [non-visible][visible] int
 </html>
 ```
 
-#### Failed Example 6
-
-This `audio` element has native player controls and an internal transcript that is not exposed to the accessibility tree.
-
-```html
-<html lang="en">
-	<audio src="/test-assets/moon-audio/moon-speech.mp3" controls></audio>
-	<p aria-hidden="true">
-		The above audio contains the following speech: We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things,
-		not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best
-		of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to
-		postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
-	</p>
-</html>
-```
-
 ### Inapplicable
 
 #### Inapplicable Example 1
@@ -194,6 +199,5 @@ This `audio` element has hidden native player controls.
 </html>
 ```
 
-[included in the accessibility tree]: #included-in-the-accessibility-tree 'Definition of included in the accessibility tree'
 [play button]: #play-button 'Definition of play button'
 [visible]: #visible 'Definition of visible'
diff --git a/_rules/video-only-transcript-ee13b5.md b/_rules/video-only-transcript-ee13b5.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ accessibility_requirements:
     failed: not satisfied
     passed: further testing needed
     inapplicable: further testing needed
+wcag20:1.2.1: # Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (A)
+    secondary: This success criterion is **less strict** than this rule. This is because the rule does not consider that the video may be a media alternative for text. Some of the failed examples satisfy this success criterion.
 input_aspects:
   - DOM Tree
   - CSS Styling
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ input_aspects:
 acknowledgments:
   authors:
     - Brian Bors
+    - Helen Burge
     - Wilco Fiers
   funding:
     - WAI-Tools
@@ -36,19 +39,19 @@ This rule applies to any [non-streaming](#non-streaming-media-element) `video` e
 
 ## Expectation
 
-The visual information of each test target is available through a text transcript that is [visible][], [included in the accessibility tree][], and is either on the page or linked.
+The visual information of each test target is available through a text transcript that is [visible][], and is either on the page or in a clearly labeled location.
 
 ## Assumptions
 
-A mechanism is available to start the video and that the video element is not simply used to display the [poster](https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/semantics-embedded-content.html#element-attrdef-video-poster).
+In order to satisfy WCAG, transcripts need to be available for all users, not just sighted users. This rule does not test this, and it needs to be tested separately.
 
 ## Accessibility Support
 
 There are no accessibility support issues known.
 
 ## Background
 
-A "text transcript" in the context of this rule is defined in WCAG 2 as an [alternative for time based media](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#dfn-alternative-for-time-based-media).
+A "text transcript" in the context of this rule is defined in WCAG 2 as an [alternative for time-based media](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#dfn-alternative-for-time-based-media). 
 
 ### Bibliography
 
@@ -183,5 +186,4 @@ This `video` element is not [visible][].
 </html>
 ```
 
-[included in the accessibility tree]: #included-in-the-accessibility-tree 'Definition of included in the accessibility tree'
 [visible]: #visible 'Definition of visible'
diff --git a/_rules/video-transcript-1a02b0.md b/_rules/video-transcript-1a02b0.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ input_aspects:
 acknowledgments:
   authors:
     - Brian Bors
+    - Helen Burge
     - Wilco Fiers
   funding:
     - WAI-Tools
@@ -41,20 +42,22 @@ This rule applies to every [non-streaming](#non-streaming-media-element) `video`
 
 ## Expectation
 
-The visual information of each test target is available through a text transcript that is [visible][], [included in the accessibility tree][], and is either on the page or linked.
+The visual information of each test target is available through a text transcript that is [visible][], and is either on the page or in a clearly labeled location.
 
 **Note:** A "text transcript" in the context of this rule is defined in WCAG 2 as an [alternative for time based media](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#dfn-alternative-for-time-based-media).
 
 ## Assumptions
 
-This rule assumes that a mechanism is available to start the video and that the video element is not simply used to display the [poster](https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/semantics-embedded-content.html#element-attrdef-video-poster).
+In order to satisfy WCAG, transcripts need to be available for all users, not just sighted users. This rule does not test this, and it needs to be tested separately.
 
 ## Accessibility Support
 
 There are no accessibility support issues known.
 
 ## Background
 
+Some major browsers do not automatically play the 'video' unless it is muted, which makes the rule inapplicable in these browsers. The rule still applies to browsers that autoplay an audible 'video'.
+
 ### Bibliography
 
 - [Understanding Success Criterion 1.2.3: Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/audio-description-or-media-alternative-prerecorded)
@@ -145,5 +148,4 @@ A video element that is not [visible][].
 </html>
 ```
 
-[included in the accessibility tree]: #included-in-the-accessibility-tree 'Definition of included in the accessibility tree'
 [visible]: #visible 'Definition of visible'