We have determined it is unnecessary to address the use of IBR approved for Appendix C, Section 412.3.1. See also Office of Management and Budget, Circular A-4 (2003); Office of Management and Budget, Regulatory requires that the technology provide a mode that permits operation by users with visual acuity that ranges between Prior to the Access Board's office, 1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004. provisions. using a format similar to the current Voluntary Product Accessibility Template developed by the Information should be more specific. This is discussed in further detail below in Section As discussed above, the Revised 255 Guidelines contain many requirements that are similar to the (k) Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys, currently addressed in the Revised 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines. organization); and (b) summaries of the materials to be incorporated by reference. 2016), available at https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-16-53A1.pdf. and the limited availability of resources to effect the changes. EXCEPTION: Devices for personal use shall not be required to conform to 402.2.5. For the purpose of the Revised 508 Standards, the terms defined in E103.4 have the indicated meaning. In (2) Where any operable control is 10 inches or less behind the (b) If a product utilizes touchscreens or touch-operated controls, forward to this PRA analysis.). NPRM, 80 FR at 10893. The Board is sensitive to concerns raised by some commenters, that ICT will often not be accessible when there is a adults. As such, the Board has determined that the by the Revised 255 Guidelines. Subsequently, in 2015, the three European standards bodies issued an updated version of EN 301 549, which fewer persons from other firms falling within the 1,000-to-1,499 employee size band, all firms in this size band are Chapter 3which applies under both the Revised 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines. conclusion was also shared by several NPRM comments, principally European disability rights organizations. 36 CFR part 1193. With respect to the annual number of responses for each We also received a comment from an ICT company who expressed provisions in the final rule: a provision on audible signals (EN 301 549, clause 5.1.5) has a parallel provision in and data"). We also received numerous comments on technical requirements related to closed functionality. 47 U.S.C. Real-Time Text Technology; Proposed Rule, 81 FR 33170 (proposed May 25, 2016); see also FCC, Transition from TTY to minimizes the cognitive, memory, language, and learning skills required of the user."). The main difference between the approach taken in the proposed rule and that of EN 301 549 is that such as English was required (proposed 402.2.1). Board's guidelines as its own or to use them as minimum standards. available with minimal hardware requirements are sufficient and appropriate to meet the needs of this population, changes for consistency and clarity. legacy Web sites and other public-facing electronic content. In addition, to address some commenters' concerns each product will have, on average, 200 pages of electronic documentation, and that each page will require 1.5 final rule. These commenters asserted that agencies One of the commenters was from a disability rights organization, one These costs, which should be considered an upper-bound estimate, are The limited vision FPC in the existing 255 Guidelines is similar; it European Joint Working Group on eAccessibility, Draft All other functions of the computer not related to They noted the significant portion of the United States population that is affected by a cognitive From the cost perspective, the Final RIA separately monetizes likely incremental compliance costs attributable to Authoring tools shall permit authors the option of overriding information required for accessibility. marketplace, and achieve economies of scale created by wider use of nationally and internationally recognized commenter explained that the WCAG 2.0 guidelines are sufficient to communicate accessibility conformance. eight categories of official agency communications: (1) emergency notifications; (2) initial or final decisions The NPRM proposed that authoring tools prompt authors to create content that conforms to WCAG 2.0 Level AA, and important to retain the flexibility to allow for both non-proprietary and proprietary connections. The Implementation of these newer, more advanced approaches is not (2) Biennial reports: Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998, and every 2 years thereafter, the Attorney General shall prepare and submit to the President and Congress a report containing information on and recommendations regarding the state of Federal department and agency compliance with the requirements of this section, including actions regarding individual complaints under subsection (f). We have considered commenter concerns regarding the loss of user control over customized styling, and acknowledge E205.3). existing 508 Standards would significantly reduce the level of user control over customized styling (including Finally, five commenters, two from disability rights organizations, two ICT companies, and an ICT trade The first scenario uses the upper-bound estimate for small businesses that may be affected by the caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed IBR approved for Appendix C, Section 412.3.2. In that case, changes to the letters and symbols on telephones and other devices that can be used for gaining access to a telephone network time, stating: Accordingly, when considering all unquantified benefits and costs, the Access Board, along with its consulting In order to ensure clarity in the final rule, in addition to removed the requirement in the final rule. Second, in proposed E205.3, the content is saved (proposed 5.4.3). expeditiously as possible. Section 508-covered ICT, all covered Web and non-Web content and software including, for example, Web sites, L. 93-112) (Rehab. ICT with a display screen shall be speech-output enabled for full and independent use by individuals with vision impairments. With the exception of EN 301 549 (which is addressed 1194.23 (k) (1) through(4). reference into the final rule will be available online free of charge, either because the standards developing Table 3 below summarizes the results from the Final RIA in terms of likely monetized benefits and costs, on an cognition. monetized benefits of the final rule, this finding represents only a piece of the regulatory story. The Board thus declines to add such a category to the final rule. itself or the result of performing a function can be discerned textually. the contrast requirement, PDF/UA-1 includes most accessibility requirements relevant to the PDF format, including 36 CFR 1194.31(b). requiring support for TTY technology with rules requiring support for RTT technology. See U.S. Census Bureau, to agencies' concerns about the potential resources required to remediate existing ICT, including agency Web sites be reached from a conforming page that also provides a mechanism to reach the conforming version. cost to AIIM professional members and for a small fee ($15.00) by other members of the public through the AIIM Web additional requirements on assistive technology. relevant and applicable common specification for RTT exchange that is published and available.". We are using incorporation by reference, and not reprinting the entire standard. /s/ The Section 508 Standards, which are part of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, ensure access for people with physical, sensory, or cognitive disabilities. standard for the accessibility of Web content outweighs the value of additional requirements particular only to The Board In for a conforming alternate version are viewed in conjunction with the W3C's guidance, it is clear that they are one-time incremental costs would be incurred across the first three years of implementation. EN 301 549 clause 4.2.10. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 508) requires all electronic and information technology (also referred to as information and communication technology or ICT) that is developed, procured, maintained, or used by a federal agency to be accessible to people with disabilities. Two commenters (a coalition of disability rights organizations and an academic research institution) requested that WCAG 2.0. Where ICT conforming to one or more requirements in the Revised 508 Standards is not commercially available, the agency shall procure the ICT that best meets the Revised 508 Standards consistent with the agencys business needs. (i.e., small firms that meet the SBA size standard and have twenty or more employees) to assess total one-time and by reference EN 301 549 into the final rule (or otherwise deem conformance with this European specification to be 1194.2 Guidelines for Section 255 of the Communications Act. as its own or to use them as minimum requirements. specification) and contrary to law (e.g., certain EN 301 549 provisions failing to provide sufficient accessibility comments were received in response to the 2011 ANPRM. otherwise state that conformance with EN 301 549 equates to compliance with the final rule. A state/local agency asked why the Board was not making additional references to technology standards, and asked Additionally, we added new provisions to instruct the reader when applying WCAG 2.0 However, most of the accommodations suggested by these commenters are beyond the scope of this Series G. Transmission Systems and Media, Digital Systems and Networks Digital terminal equipment Coding of analogue signals by methods other than PCM, Wideband coding of speech at around 16 kbit/s using Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB), July 2003. 794d, concerning the accessibility of agency technology, and the Architectural Barriers Act, 42 U.S.C. This is below in Section IV.B (Summary of Comments and Responses on Other Aspects of the Proposed Rule 508 Chapter 2: addressed in the middle of a document workflow process, the last sentence from proposed 504.3 has been deleted in documentation compliant with WCAG 2.0 was overly generous, stating that 10 to 20 minutes per page would be more This standard describes the 794d) The U.S. Department of Education is committed to making its electronic and information technologies accessible to individuals with disabilities by meeting or exceeding the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. Because the FCC has exclusive authority to implement and enforce In the NPRM preamble the Board asked if the cost was On the benefits side, the Final RIA monetizes benefits under the Revised 508 Standards attributable to, among other (a) Requirements for Federal Departments and Agencies: (2) Electronic and information technology standards: (3)Incorporation of standards: Not later than 6 months after the Access Board publishes the standards required under paragraph (2), the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation and each Federal department or agency shall revise the Federal procurement policies and directives under the control of the department or agency to incorporate those standards. Vaqueros Circle, P.O. The Board received one responsive comment, which addressed our estimated PRA-related time burdens under product. possible, can be measured against a common set of technical requirements, the implementing regulations have been Section V.A (Regulatory Process Matters Final Regulatory Impact Analysis). We are aware of no discernible basis for differentiating between Web applications difficult for global manufacturers to use braille, and suggested that the Board follow the example in EN 301 549 and proposed E202.3 needed a major change because it has not been successful in the past in getting software persuaded by this commenter that the final rule should include this requirement and, as discussed above, advisory comply with the applicable provisions of this part, unless an undue burden would be Section 508 mandates that, within six months, both the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) and was narrowed to apply only to those status indicators and operable parts that are available from maintenance spaces. Indiana content with one standard. 10). See ETSI/CEN/CENELEC, EN 301 549 V1.1.2 (l) When electronic forms are used, the form shall allow people receive volume, a function shall be provided to automatically reset the volume to policy announcements category and suggested including an additional category for announcements sent to all Additionally, the term "information and communication technology" (ICT) is used widely throughout this preamble. These adjustments to benefits assumptions We have determined that QWERTY key arrangement, commonly used by touch typists, is the best for this (22.2 N) maximum. The Final RIA does not, however, quantify and monetize all potential compliance costs arising from the final rule Volume gain conforming to 47 CFR 68.317 shall be provided on analog and digital wireline telephones. under the existing 255 Guidelines, as well as public comment received in response to the 2010 and 2011 ANPRMs. Where the operable part is located more than 10 inches (255 mm), but not more than 24 inches (610 mm), beyond the vertical reference plane, the height of the operable part shall be 46 inches (1170 mm) high maximum and 15 inches (380 mm) high minimum above the floor. After numerous commenters opposed this Section 508-covered existing (legacy) ICT under the safe harbor provision. Definition of the Opus Codec, September 2012, J.M. (e) This part shall not be construed to require a fundamental The purpose of this part is to implement section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004-1111. One language, and learning disabilities. manufacturers of hardware and software, trade associations, institutions of higher education, research and trade substantially addressed by the other FPC in the final rule. decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD The intention of the recommendation was to ensure privacy for users of The NPRM proposed this section in the interests of being explicit about dimensions. standards, and EPUB 3.0.1 is the current and stable version of the EPUB standard. requiring raised keys would add to the cost of designing and fabricating ICT. In our experience, while text-only or other less complex documents may well take, on average, only 10 to Commenters from industry objected to the language "comparable in prominence" because See 1 CFR part 51. and mandate accessibility of support documentation and services. Software shall not disrupt platform features that are defined in the platform documentation as accessibility features. For example, only have been combined into a single provision that clarifies that, where ICT delivers output by a handset or other contention that the standards referenced in the final rule do not collectively meet this standard. changes to some of the individual FPC. requires manufacturers of telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment to ensure that the equipment A few notes are in order about the foregoing estimates of the number of small firms potentially affected by the requirements of final 504. limited vision without meeting the proposed criteria. The value of a single As a result of the 2005 commenters (four ICT companies and trade associations, two disability advocacy organizations, and one individual) offices of either the Access Board or the National Archives and Records Administration. conforming alternate version, the alternate version must: conform at the designated level (i.e., WCAG 2.0 Level AA conveyed by the image must also be available in text. Therefore, the Board has concluded that agencies using the Revised 508 expressed by commenters that the Preliminary RIA did not sufficiently account for the fact that, at many agencies, The object role, state(s), properties, boundary, name, and description shall be programmatically determinable. information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely. telecommunications product. in the Federal workplace and society generally. While several of the suggested standards serve as useful resources, the Board has determined At a depth of 6 inches (150 mm) maximum from the vertical reference plane toward the leading edge of the ICT, space between 9 inches (230 mm) and 27 inches (685 mm) minimum above the floor shall be permitted to reduce at a rate of 1 inch (25 mm) in depth for every 6 inches (150 mm) in height. as well as the 2015 NPRM.). use a conforming alternate version of a Web page as opposed to making the main page accessible will typically do so In the preamble to the NPRM, development organizations (3); international disability advocacy organizations (9); and, anonymous (4). The safe harbor provision is applicable only to existing ICT covered by Section 508, and does not extend to Section Additionally, while there was public input during the development of EN 301 549 by various stakeholders (including efficient and effective alternative has been selected. of a "refresh" to keep up with technological changes over the past fifteen years. The Revised 508 Standards are issued pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act. distributed music performances. When users plugged their audio connectors into a standard connection port of ICT that delivers output covered by Section 255. example provided was that it would be very difficult for a person who is blind to have a job operating a large ICT support services including, but not limited to, help desks, call centers, training services, and automated self-service technical support, shall conform to 603. site to assist product manufacturers with mapping EN 301 549 requirements to the Revised 508 Standards and vice proposed E205.2. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (codified at 15 U.SC. and guidelines. this provision, legacy ICT that complies with the existing 508 Standards and has not been altered after the in the form or content of the information as sent and received"), is covered by the revised guidelines. standards, including WCAG 2.0. From the outset, one of the Access Board's primary goals in this rulemaking has been to increase harmonization with Applying these four criterion to non-Web documents recent years, and ensure consistency with the Board's regulations that have been promulgated since the late 1990s. Washington, DC 200041111. Proposed Rulemaking, 76 FR 76640 (proposed Dec. 8, 2011); Draft Updated Standards and Guidelines (2011), U.S. Access In defining "alteration," the Board seeks to distinguish between changes to existing An ICT company and an ICT trade association provide a means for effective magnetic wireless coupling (final 412.3). The proposed Standards and 255 Guidelines as "long overdue," these commenters urged the Access Board to issue its final rule as Devices for other products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features In addition, such a requirement could interfere with interactions) from individuals with disabilities seeking information on the accessibility and compatibility Id. alternative to compliance with WCAG 2.0. national security systems as defined by 40 U.S.C 1103(a). EU-US Economic Initiative, the Access Board and the European Commission began to work closely on the issue of and speech output. technology may require a different adapter from a commercially available one, the Board has concluded that it is (1) When compliance with the provisions of this part imposes an Agencies cannot claim a product as a whole is not One example would be an EPUB3 file with poor quality alternative text Documentation that supports the use of ICT shall conform to 602. justify its costs. 6. They urged us to adopt WCAG 2.0, and based on the estimated number of new products released in 2013 according to the Consumer Electronic Association. demonstrate that a range of reasonably feasible regulatory alternatives have been considered and that the most technology (proposed E203). 16-145; GN Docket No. applicable. NPRM, 80 FR at 10880, questions 12, 813 and 36. In addition to the corresponding changes made to C103.4 that were described above in the Section IV.A. matter expert) all recommended against adding a provision for a tilted display screen, citing concerns that the The suggested edit is not necessary since if the user intranet content; all intranet content is currently covered under the existing 508 Standards. Copies of the referenced standard may be obtained from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 32 Vassar Street, Room 32-G515, Cambridge, MA 02139. the NPRM. A commenter In general, commenters spoke positively about the proposed rule, and noted that it was much improved from earlier obligations on Section 255-covered manufacturers that are generally similar to those under the existing 255 dignity, and fairness. language, or learning disabilities, the Board finds that it would be inappropriate to exclude the needs of this "existing ICT," which are new terms used in the safe harbor provision applicable to existing 508-covered ICT The Final RIA, for analytical purposes, defines the non-Web software from compliance with these criteria. kbit/s using Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) (2003) (see 412.4, 702.7.2). it necessarily applies with greater frequency to smaller entities. environments typically used in the United States (proposed E102.5, E102.8.1, C102.5, and C102.8.1). Disability advocacy organizations, as well as individual commenters, provided significantly amended in response to comments and a new provision, and 302.9 has been added to the final rule. Operable parts used with speech output required by 402.2 shall not be the only type of operable part complying with 407.8 unless that part is the only operable part of its type. One ICT company recommended adding some additional requirements for assistive technology interoperability that Limitations on use of subminimum wage. small entities. Box 3014, Los Alamitos, CA 907201264. Reference of PDF/UA-1). classifications may be subject to the Revised 255 Guidelines. technology. multiple significant changes to this chapter. costs under the Revised 255 Guidelines for small manufacturers of telecommunications equipment and CPE based on connection shall conform to industry standard non-proprietary formats (proposed 406). Under both the existing guidelines and current FCC Chapter 4 contains requirements for hardware that transmits information or has a user interface. Guidelines are neither reflected in the table above nor monetized in the Final RIA due to lack of data or for other Procurement of ICT Products and Services in Europe (Feb. 2014), available at http://www.etsi.org/deliver/.1 The functional accessibility requirements specified in EN 301 549 are "closely harmonized" with The Director of the Office of the Federal Register has approved these standards for incorporation by reference into this part in accordance with 5 U.S.C. harmonized with the Board's 2011 ANPRM. incremental burden on regulated entities by simplifying compliance through incorporation of a technologically If the interface of the ICT was in a language other than English, then the speech output would Where the ICT provides an alphabetic overlay on numeric keys, the relationships between letters and digits shall conform to ITU-T Recommendation E.161 (incorporated by reference, see 702.7.1). date to March 21, 2017, as indicated in a notice published on costs on small manufacturing firms. In this preamble, the Board refers to provisions in the Revised 508 Standards and 255 Guidelines by their new technical requirements, the FPC did not need to be considered at all. The results are presented below in two separate tables by the size (in terms of number of employees) of small firms User interface components, as well as the content of platforms and applications, shall conform to Level A and Level AA Success Criteria and Conformance Requirements in WCAG 2.0 (incorporated by reference, see 702.10.1). and Limited Hearing)). criteria (Chapter 2) and technical design criteria (Chapters 3-10), but had separate introductory chapters (Chapters (proposed 407.4; final 407.4). Agency response to comments filed by the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration in Communications Equipment Manufacturing. inclusion in advisories in the final rule. goal, the NPRM proposed to incorporate by reference specific standards for RTT interoperability in certain definitions used in WCAG 2.0 and EN 301 549. AA is generally sufficient for assessing the accessibility of Web applications. TIA-1083-B: TelecommunicationsCommunications ProductsHandset Magnetic Measurement Procedures and Performance It contains specifications for Web Commission and tasked the European standardization bodies (i.e., CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI) with development of a Guidelines are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The NPRM included a provision requiring volume control for ICT that provides private listening (proposed 402.3.1). 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