Effective April 18, 2020, unless an exception is approved
by the agency head or an exemption has been made for specific technologies
pursuant to §213.17 of this chapter, when purchasing telecommunication
equipment or services, a state agency shall contractually require
the manufacturer of telecommunication equipment or provider of telecommunication
services to ensure that the equipment or services are in compliance
with 47 U.S.C. § 255 and 36 C.F.R. § 1194.2, Appendix B.,
when such products are readily available or compliance is achievable. [
Effective September 1, 2006, unless an exception is approved by the
executive director of the state agency or an exemption has been made
for specific technologies pursuant to §213.17 of this chapter,
all EIR developed, procured, or changed by a state agency shall comply
with the standards described in this subchapter. Each state agency
shall include in its accessibility policy the following standards/specifications:
]
[(1)Telecommunications products or
systems which provide a function allowing voice communication and
which do not themselves provide a TTY functionality shall provide
a standard non-acoustic connection point for TTYs. Microphones shall
be capable of being turned on and off to allow the user to intermix
speech with TTY use.]
[(2)Telecommunications products which
include voice communication functionality shall support all commonly
used cross-manufacturer non-proprietary standard TTY signal protocols.]
[(3)Voice mail, auto-attendant, and
interactive voice response telecommunications systems shall be usable
by TTY users with their TTYs.]
[(4)Voice mail, messaging, auto-attendant,
and interactive voice response telecommunications systems that require
a response from a user within a time interval, shall give an alert
when the time interval is about to run out, and shall provide sufficient
time for the user to indicate more time is required.]
[(5)Where provided, caller identification
and similar telecommunications functions shall also be available for
users of TTYs, and for users who cannot see displays.]
[(6)For transmitted voice signals,
telecommunications products shall provide a gain adjustable up to
a minimum of 20 dB. For incremental volume control, at least one intermediate
step of 12 dB of gain shall be provided.]
[(7)If the telecommunications product
allows a user to adjust the receive volume, a function shall be provided
to automatically reset the volume to the default level after every
use.]
[(8)Where a telecommunications product
delivers output by an audio transducer which is normally held up to
the ear, a means for effective magnetic wireless coupling to hearing
technologies shall be provided.]
[(9)Interference to hearing technologies
(including hearing aids, cochlear implants, and assistive listening
devices) shall be reduced to the lowest possible level that allows
a user of hearing technologies to utilize the telecommunications product.]
[(10)Products that transmit or conduct
information or communication, shall pass through cross-manufacturer,
non-proprietary, industry-standard codes, translation protocols, formats
or other information necessary to provide the information or communication
in a usable format. Technologies which use encoding, signal compression,
format transformation, or similar techniques shall not remove information
needed for access or shall restore it upon delivery.]
[(11)Products which have mechanically
operated controls or keys, shall comply with the following:]
[(A)Controls and keys shall be tactilely discernible
without activating the controls or keys.]
[(B)Controls and keys shall be operable with one hand
and shall not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the
wrist. The force required to activate controls and keys shall be 5
lbs. (22.2 N) maximum.]
[(C)If key repeat is supported, the delay before repeat
shall be adjustable to at least 2 seconds. Key repeat rate shall be
adjustable to 2 seconds per character.]
[(D)The status of all locking or toggle controls or
keys shall be visually discernible, and discernible either through
touch or sound.]
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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