As another example, agencies acquiring help desks must ensure that providers are capable of accommodating the communications needs of persons with disabilities, consistent with Subpart D...
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B.1.i. - Is EIT limited to products?
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B.3.i. - What is equivalent facilitation?
Functional outcome – not form – is the key to evaluating whether a technology results in "substantially equivalent or greater access."...
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§ 1194.31(f)
(f) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require fine motor control or simultaneous actions and that is operable with limited reach and strength shall be...
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414.1 General
Where ICT displays or processes video with synchronized audio, ICT shall provide audio description processing technology conforming to 414.1.1 or 414.1.2....
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Residential Dwelling Units with Communication Features: ADA Standard Section 233.3.1.2
Section 233.3.1.2 covers scoping requirements in the current ADA Standards for residential dwelling units with communication features.
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A.5 - Are there regulations implementing Section 508?
and product categories (see "Subpart B" of the Access Board’s standards); identify broader functional performance criteria to cover technologies or components for which there is...
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E. Assistive Technology
Second, to address the role of the AT in ICT-AT interoperability, the Board proposes modest requirements for assistive technology....
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§ 1194.2(b)
(b) When procuring a product, each agency shall procure products which comply with the provisions in this part when such products are available in the commercial marketplace or when...
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H.4.i. - Does presentation equipment procured have to meet the Access Board standards?
Yes. Presentation equipment, such as LCD data projectors and laptop computers, are considered EIT and therefore covered by the Access Board's standards, unless an exception applies....
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B.3.ii. - Is there a preference for a product that strictly meets the technical provisions of Subpart B over a product that provides the same or greater accessibility through equivalent facilitation?
No. Purchase of either EIT product would satisfy an agency’s obligations under Section 508. Award should be made to the source whose offer represents the best value to the Government...
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D.1. - How does Section 508 affect the requirements development phase of an acquisition?
Section 508 requires agencies to take additional considerations into account when defining their needs for EIT – namely the Access Board’s standards. As noted above, Section 508...
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F.1. - Under what circumstances may an agency conclude that no EIT is available that meets the Access Board’s technical provisions?
An agency may conclude that EIT meeting the applicable technical provisions of the Access Board’s standards is not available (and purchase EIT that does not meet those provisions)...
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Future ADA Issues: Changes in Technology
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Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT)
Our content focuses primarily on tools and information to help employers and the technology industry adopt and promote accessible technology as part of everyday business practices, for the...
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§ 1194.31(d)
(d) Where audio information is important for the use of a product, at least one mode of operation and information retrieval shall be provided in an enhanced auditory fashion, or support...
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§ 1194.2(c)
(c) Except as provided by §1194.3(b), this part applies to electronic and information technology developed, procured, maintained, or used by agencies directly or used by a contractor under...
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Guest Rooms with Communication Features: ADA Standard Section 224.4
Section 224.4 covers scoping requirements in the current ADA Standards for transient lodging guest rooms with communication features.
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G.6.i. - What is the undue burden exception?
In addition, the statute requires the information and data to be provided to disabled individuals by an alternative means of access (see section B.6.ii, above)....
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412.1 General
Where ICT displays or processes video with synchronized audio, ICT shall provide a mode of operation that plays associated audio description....
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412.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)
412.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis) This proposed section would require that, where ICT displays or processes video with synchronized audio, ICT must provide a mode of operation...
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§ 1194.2(a)
When developing, procuring, maintaining, or using electronic and information technology, each agency shall ensure that the products comply with the applicable provisions of this part, unless...
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§ 1194.3(e)
(e) This part shall not be construed to require a fundamental alteration in the nature of a product or its components.
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§ 1194.3(f)
(f) Products located in spaces frequented only by service personnel for maintenance, repair, or occasional monitoring of equipment are not required to comply with this part.
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Defining Requirements for EIT
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