Common Problems with Websites Ø When websites depend exclusively on graphics for content or navigation, then those who are blind and who use "talking" screen-reader technology may...
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Common Problems with Websites
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A. Signs
following spaces, are the signs mounted on the wall (not the door) to the latch side of the door and centered 60" above the floor so that they can be easily located by persons who are blind...
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B.6.ii. - If an agency determines that the acquisition of EIT that meets the applicable technical provisions of the Access Board’s standards would impose an undue burden, does it have any remaining obligations under Section 508?
Thus, in the example provided above, alternative means of access for an individual who is blind might mean providing a hard copy description of the information in Braille or providing an...
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407.8 Audio Signaling (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The section is intended to address the needs of individuals with hearing impairments in the same way that proposed 407.7 addresses the needs of persons who have color blindness....
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Signage
Result: People who are blind or visually impaired are trained to look in a consistent location for tactile signs....
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Verification of Service Animals
Example 2: A deaf passenger is planning to board the plane with his service animal. The service animal is a hearing dog and is small enough to sit on the deaf passenger’s lap....
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Accessible Routes Throughout the Museum
Some people who are blind or have low vision use canes to detect barriers that jut into the path of travel, whether along the accessible route or any other circulation path....
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Section 36.303(g)(3) Minimum Requirements for Captioning Devices
These commenters noted that while movie theaters near areas with a high concentration of residents or students who are deaf or hard of hearing may experience greatest demand for devices,...
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1.2 Background
Detectable warning surfaces are intended primarily to provide a tactile cue to pedestrians who are blind or have visual impairments....
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SignOn VRI in Legal Settings
Learn how SignOn's video remote interpreting service can improve communication with Deaf and Hard of Hearing sign language users....
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217 Telephones
Access to telephones is covered for people who use wheelchairs and those who are deaf or hard of hearing....
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Scoping Requirement for Alarms
Many commenters supported ensuring that such alarm systems are accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing, but no information was received on appropriate technical specifications...
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Hall Lanterns [4.10.4]
Visual signals provide this information to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. At least one visible signal must serve each car....
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III-3.4300 Modifications in the regular program
interpreter for one of its regularly scheduled tours, the availability of the signed tour may be a factor in determining whether it would be an undue burden to provide an interpreter for a deaf...
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VI. Communications
"Auxiliary aids" include such services or devices as qualified interpreters, assistive listening headsets, television captioning and decoders, telecommunications devices for deaf persons...
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Requirements for Effective Communication
Law enforcement agencies must provide the communication aids and services needed to communicate effectively with people who are deaf or hard of hearing, except when a particular aid or...
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II-3.4400 Modifications in the regular program
interpreter for one of its regularly scheduled tours, the availability of the signed tour may be a factor in determining whether it would be an undue burden to provide an interpreter for a deaf...
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Section 35.161 Telecommunications (Section-by-Section Analysis)
The Department proposes to redesignate current § 35.161 as § 35.161(a), and to replace the term "Telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD's)" with "text telephones (TTYs)." ...
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II-7.1200 Qualified interpreter
When an interpreter is required, therefore, the public entity should provide a qualified interpreter, that is, an interpreter who is able to sign to the individual who is deaf what is being...
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Introduction
There is only one problem… you are blind....
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Issue 7: Repair/replacement (put it back right!)
When the APS is not correctly installed, there is a risk that a person who is blind will cross a street with the wrong WALK indication or in the wrong direction....
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G.9. - Are agency purchases from Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act nonprofit agencies employing people who are blind or severely disabled (NIB/NISH) or Federal Prison Industries ("FPI," also known as UNICOR) exempt from Section 508?
No. Agency purchases from NIB/NISH and FPI are treated as procurements and are subject to Section 508. For EIT products and services where NIB/NISH and FPI are mandatory sources,...
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a. Problem: Images Without Text Equivalents
Blind people, those with low vision, and people with other disabilities that affect their ability to read a computer display often use different technologies so they can access the information...
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G. Completing the Survey and Checklist
Some sections of the checklist are divided into two parts, one for individuals with a mobility disability and the other for individuals who are blind or who have low vision....
