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The U.S. Access Board is currently updating the Section 508 standards. This effort will address new technologies
and other areas where the standards need to be modified. For more information, go to
Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act requires telecommunications products and services to be
accessible to people with disabilities. FCC rules cover all hardware and software telephone network equipment
and telecommunications equipment used in the home or office. Such equipment includes telephones,
wireless handsets, fax machines, answering machines, and pagers. FCC rules also cover basic and special
telecommunications services, including regular telephone calls, call waiting, speed dialing, call forwarding,
computer-provided directory assistance, call monitoring, caller identification, call tracing, and repeat dialing, as
well as voice mail and interactive voice response systems that provide callers with menus of choices. For more
information, go to
21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA)
The CVAA updates federal communications law to increase the access of persons with disabilities to modern
communications, updating accessibility laws enacted in the 1980s and 1990s to include new digital, broadband,
and mobile innovations. Regulations are enforced by the FCC and documented as 47 CFR Part 14 and Part 79.
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FCC Guide on the CVAA
Other U.S. legislation and initiatives
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Telecommunications Act, the Rehabilitation Act and others
Canada
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act was established to develop and implement accessibility
standards to make goods, services, and facilities accessible to Ontarians with disabilities and to provide for the
involvement of persons with disabilities in the development of the accessibility standards. The first standard
of the AODA is the customer service standard; however, standards for transportation, employment, and
information and communication are also being developed. The AODA applies to the Government of Ontario, the
Legislative Assembly, every designated public sector organization, and to every other person or organization
that provides goods, services, or facilities to the public or other third parties and that has at least one employee
in Ontario; and accessibility measures must be implemented on or before January 1, 2025. For more information,
go to
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act
Europe
EU Mandate 376 ETSI Technical Report ETSI DTR 102 612: "Human Factors (HF); European accessibility
requirements for public procurement of products and services in the ICT domain (European Commission Mandate
M 376, Phase 1)" has been released.
Background: The three European Standardization Organizations have set up two parallel project teams to carry
out the work specified in the European Commission "Mandate 376 to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, in Support of
Accessibility Requirements for Public Procurement of Products and Services in the ICT Domain."
ETSI TC Human Factors Specialist Task Force 333 has developed ETSI DTR 102 612. Further details about the
work performed by STF333 (e.g., Terms of Reference, specification of the detailed work tasks, time plan for the
work, previous drafts, listing of comments received and means to contact the task force) can be found at the
Special Task Force
The parts relating to the assessment of suitable testing and conformity schemes were carried out by a parallel
project, detailed in CEN BT/WG185/PT. For further information, go to the CEN project team website. The two
projects are closely coordinated.
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CEN project team
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Appendix B Accessibility
Federal Communication Commission Section 255
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