The example on this page uses the accessibility friendly Able Player. It is deliberately offset to the left.
1.4.2 Conformance Shown with Non-Technical Explanation
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I'm here to help you. That's why I set this to autoplay. Am I annoying you?
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The existence and position of audio player pause button conforms to 1.4.2 because it is very close to the top of the page.
1.4.2 Conformance Technical Details
Only two headings and one line of content separate the top of the page from the player.