# WCAG 2.2 – 1.4.7 Low or No Background Audio

- Level: AAA
- Principle: 1 Perceivable
- Guideline: 1.4 Distinguishable
- Introduced in: WCAG 2.0

## What the rule requires

Speech recordings have no background sounds or only very quiet ones – at least 20 decibels quieter than the speech.

## How to get it right

Record speech without a music bed or mix music in very quietly. The audio on this site has no background music.

## Who benefits

- Hard-of-hearing people

## Sources

- [This rule on wcag.dehl.net](https://wcag.dehl.net/en/wcag/1-4-7/)
- [Official W3C explanation](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/low-or-no-background-audio)
- [Techniques (WCAG Quick Reference)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/#low-or-no-background-audio)

_Plain-language explanation. Only the original W3C text is normative._