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Telecommunications Access
and
Section 255 Requirements
Overview
The disability access requirements of US Telecommunication Act Section
255 are a mandatory requirement for all telecommunications equipment sold
in the US. The Telecommunications Act required the US Access Board to
develop technical guidelines for these requirements and gives enforcement
responsibility to the FCC.
This workshop presents the fundaments of designing telecommunications
products and services to be usable and accessible by people with disabilities
and for compliance with the US Access Board Telecommunications Access
Guidelines and the FCC Section 255 requirements (47CFR 6, 47 CFR7 and
36CFR1193). The course may be taught in a 1 or 2 day format, depending
on the amount of design training desired and the amount of time allocated
for discussion of specific products.
Outline
- Introduction to Accessibility
- History of Disability Access Regulations
- 1968 Architectural Barriers Act
- 1973 Rehabilitation Act
- 1986 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of
1973
- 1988 Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Act
- 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- 1996 Telecommunications Act
- 1998 Workforce Investment Act
- Overview of FCC Disability Access Regulations
- Disability Demographics and Statistics
- Designing for Accessibility & Universal Design
- Mandatory FCC Requirement
- What Products and Services are Affected
- Role of FCC & US Access Board
- FCC Complaint Process (47 CFR 6&7)
- Company Compliance Program
- Policies
- Processes
- Product Specifications
- Partnerships
- Structure of Section 255 (36 CFR 1193)
- Requirements, Terms & Definitions
- Technical Specifications
- Input functions
- Operable with low or no vision
- Operable with low or no color perception
- Operable with low or no hearing
- Operable with limited dexterity
- reach and strength
- time dependant controls
- Operable without speech
- Output functions
- visual information
- low visibility
- no visibility
- auditory information
- hard of hearing
- no hearing
- Access to moving text
- Visually induced seizures
- Hearing aid technologies
- Readily Achievable considerations
- Cost (Material)
- Resources ( Design Staff)
- Financial Resources
- Design Process
- Specification and Policy
- Market Study
- Design, Testing and Trials
- Delivery
- Product
- Documentation
- Training
- Equivalent Facilitation
- Comparison of Section 255 & Section 508
- Product Design
- Accessible Sales, Support and Service
- Product Analysis & Discussion
- Conclusions
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