Document containing text (should be read by a screenreader) and a multimedia object with high background audio level. Testcases sc1.4.4_l3_008-sc1.4.4_l3_010 differ in the way the multimedia object has been included. The multimedia object is hidden, no possibility to turn off the sound via programmed user interface is given.The non XHTML standard embed element plays the background sound. Audio contrast: text read by screenreader, high background audio level Daniela.Ortner@jku.at en Copyright BenToWeb 2005-2007 2005-08-17 validated EMBED Element | embed Object (Internet Explorer - DHTML) Generic inclusion: the OBJECT element Paragraphs: the P element

This test case is intended to fail, because there is no mechanism to turn off the sound. If the background sound is played (Netscape 7.1 does / Firefox 1.0.6, Opera 7.51 does not) it is to loud to understand the speech output - This testcase should be tested with different browsers.

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Background sound can not be turned off and is to loud to understand the speech reader

The embed element works with MS IE and attribute hidden="true" (tested: Firefox 1.0.6, IE 6.0, Netscape 7.1, Opera 7.51)

Background sound can not be turned off and is to loud to understand the speech reader

The embed element works with MS IE and attribute hidden="true" (tested: Firefox 1.0.6, IE 6.0, Netscape 7.1, Opera 7.51)

The file is valid.

The embed is widely supported but not part of the W3C's DTD for XHTML, so the file uses a custom DTD to ensure valid code.