Yeck! I just opened yet another website that started talking to me as soon as the page loaded!

Does anyone else hate this as much as me? I don’t mind audio, but I want the option to listen or not. And I certainly don’t want to listen to the same message every time I happen to visit the website. Sheesh! Does the author think I’ll forget what s/he had to say between visits?

And of course, the majority of the website audio messages are used for promotion. Don’t I hear enough commercials on TV? Do I have to listen to website owners plug their ebook, ezine, teleclass, etc. as well?

This isn’t to say that website audio doesn’t have a place on the Internet. For people who have difficulty reading, using audio to explain or inform (not advertise) is a great thing.

IMO, there should always be an option available to turn off the audio message. Are you listening website owners?