Effective April 18, 2020 [September 1, 2006],
unless an exception is approved by the agency head [executive
director of the state agency] or an exemption has been made
for specific technologies pursuant to §213.17 of this chapter,
all software applications and operating systems EIR developed,
procured, or changed by a state agency shall comply with
the standards described in this subchapter. Each state agency shall
comply with the following standards referenced in Section 508 Appendix
C [include in its accessibility policy the following standards/specifications
]:
(1)Chapter 7, § 702.10 (WCAG
2.0 Level AA excluding Guideline 1.2 Time Based Media);
(2)Chapter 5, § 502 Interoperability
with Assistive Technology;
(3)Chapter 5, § 503 Applications;
and
(4)Chapter 5, § 504 Authoring
Tools.
[(1)When software is designed to
run on a system that has a keyboard, product functions shall be executable
from a keyboard where the function itself or the result of performing
a function can be discerned textually.]
[(2)Applications shall not disrupt
or disable activated features of other products that are identified
as accessibility features, where those features are developed and
documented according to industry standards. Applications also shall
not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system
that are identified as accessibility features where the application
programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented
by the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the
product developer.]
[(3)A well-defined on-screen indication
of the current focus shall be provided that moves among interactive
interface elements as the input focus changes. The focus shall be
programmatically exposed so that assistive technology can track focus
and focus changes.]
[(4)Sufficient information about
a user interface element including the identity, operation and state
of the element shall be available to assistive technology. When an
image represents a program element, the information conveyed by the
image must also be available in text.]
[(5)When bitmap images are used to
identify controls, status indicators, or other programmatic elements,
the meaning assigned to those images shall be consistent throughout
an application's performance.]
[(6)Textual information shall be
provided through operating system functions for displaying text. The
minimum information that shall be made available is text content,
text input caret location, and text attributes.]
[(7)Applications shall not override
user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display
attributes.]
[(8)When animation is displayed,
the information shall be displayable in at least one non-animated
presentation mode at the option of the user.]
[(9)Color coding shall not be used
as the only means of conveying information, indicating an action,
prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element.]
[(10)When a product permits a user
to adjust color and contrast settings, a variety of color selections
capable of producing a range of contrast levels shall be provided.]
[(11)Software shall not use flashing
or blinking text, objects, or other elements having a flash or blink
frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.]
[(12)When electronic forms are used,
the form shall allow people using assistive technology to access the
information, field elements, and functionality required for completion
and submission of the form, including all directions and cues.]
The agency certifies that legal
counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed
with the Office of the Secretary of State on September 9, 2019
TRD-201903133 Amanda Crawford
Executive Director
Department of Information Resources
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 20, 2019
For further information, please call: (512) 475-4552
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