requires all Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) to provide direct, equal access to their services for people with disabilities who use teletypewriters (TTYs), which are also known as "telecommunications...
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Access for 9-1-1 and Telephone Emergency Services
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4. Benefits of the Proposed Rule
conversation with real-time text than is possible with current text-messaging systems Increased ability of individuals with disabilities to evaluate, purchase, and make full use of telecommunications...
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EXHIBIT B
amplifiers; assistive listening devices; assistive listening systems; telephones compatible with hearing aids; closed caption decoders; open and closed captioning; voice, text, and video-based telecommunications...
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1. History
In 2006, as noted above, the Access Board convened a Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee to review and update the existing standards and guidelines...
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ADA Law, Regulations and Design Standards
Transportation for Individuals with Disabilities: Passenger Vessels ADA Standards for Transportation Facilities ADA Specifications for Transportation Vehicles ADA Title IV Telecommunication...
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E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
We have issued the proposed 255 Guidelines pursuant to Section 255 of the Communications Act of 1934 which requires manufacturers of telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment...
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Paragraph (d) (Advisory Guidance)
A TTY can be connected to and used with any telecommunications product supporting speech communication without requiring purchase of a special adapter, and the user is able to intermix speech...
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Alternate formats (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
Consistent with the Board's Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines (36 CFR part 1193), the proposed rule defined alternate formats as those formats which are usable by people with...
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Section 37.61 Public Transportation Programs and Activities in Existing Facilities
Examples of possible activities include user friendly farecards, schedules, of edge detection on rail platforms, adequate lighting, telecommunication display devices (TDDs) or text telephones...
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Hamilton CapTel Apps for Smartphones
Calling 911 with Hamilton CapTel Internet-based telecommunications services are limited services and are not designed for making emergency 911 calls....
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I. Introduction
requires all Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) to provide direct, equal access to their services for people with disabilities who use teletypewriters (TTYs), which are also known as "telecommunications...
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III-7.5170 Telephones
impairments, hearing impairments (requiring some phones with volume controls), and those who cannot use voice telephones and need "text telephones" (referred to in the Department's rule as telecommunication...
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Paragraph (a) (Advisory Guidance)
An infrared link can provide a mechanism for providing access to smaller, more advanced telecommunication devices and provide a safety net for products which are unable to incorporate other...
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National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
The advocacy scope of the NAD is broad, covering a lifetime and impacting future generations in the areas of early intervention, education, employment, health care, technology, telecommunications...
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1. Summary of Results
With respect to the 255 Guidelines, the Preliminary RIA monetizes the likely costs to telecommunications equipment manufacturers of ensuring that their respective websites and electronic...
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2.6 Communications.
CFR § 35.161 requires where an airport communicates by telephone with applicants and beneficiaries, that equally effective telecommunications systems are used to communicate with individuals...
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D. Beyond TTYs: Providing 9-1-1 and Emergency Services Via New Communication Technologies
Stay informed about emerging communication technologies as well as the technical abilities of telecommunications equipment and service providers....
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408.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
., ICT that is not intended to be moved once put in place), and, consequently, would not generally apply to telecommunications equipment subject to the 255 Guidelines—such as cable modems...
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Video remote interpreting (VRI). (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Lastly, in this provision and elsewhere in the title III regulation, the Department has replaced the term ‘‘telecommunications devices for deaf persons (TDD)'' with ‘‘text telephones (TTYs...
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"Auxiliary Aids and Services" (Section-by-Section Analysis)
In the NPRM, in paragraph (1) of the definition in § 35.104, the Department proposed replacing the term ‘‘telecommunications devices for deaf persons (TDD)’’ with the term ‘‘text telephones...
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1.2 Legal Requirements.
The ADA guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in public accommodations, employment, transportation, state and local government services, and telecommunications....
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‘‘Qualified individual with a disability.’’
provided by telephone, even the ability to use a voice telephone is not an ‘‘essential eligibility requirement,’’ because § 35.161 requires a public entity to provide equally effective telecommunication...
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34 CFR Part 104 Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Federally Assisted Programs and Activities - Notice of interpretation
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1-800-877-8339....
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Paragraph (i) (Advisory Guidance)
This does not necessarily prevent these persons from using a telecommunications product or feature. 2....
