Subpart A Report 2007-05-20 Addendum
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TEITAC Subpart A Workgroup
May TEITAC Meeting Discussion
§1194.4 DEFINITIONS
- New Definition of ACCESSIBILITY
- Accessibility means conformance to all applicable provisions of this standard or equivalent facilitation provided through other methods. The term, accessibility, may also be used to define a broad set of features and capabilities which enable people with disabilities to access electronic information technology.
- Revised – ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
- Assistive Technology means any item, piece of equipment, SERVICE, or system, whether acquired commercially, modified, or customized, that is commonly used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities IN ACCESSING E&IT.
- Does the term “system” already include “service” or could the term product be substituted for item to include service?
- Does access to EIT need to be explicit?
- Assistive Technology means any item, piece of equipment, SERVICE, or system, whether acquired commercially, modified, or customized, that is commonly used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities IN ACCESSING E&IT.
- New definition of CAPTIONING
- Captions are synchronized text equivalents for audio information. Captions are similar to subtitles in that they convey the content of spoken dialogue, but also include text for non-spoken information such as important sound effects, music, laughter, and speaker identification and location. Captions should not obscure or obstruct relevant or key information. In some countries captions are called subtitles.
- A/V group has been asked to finalize.
- Captions are synchronized text equivalents for audio information. Captions are similar to subtitles in that they convey the content of spoken dialogue, but also include text for non-spoken information such as important sound effects, music, laughter, and speaker identification and location. Captions should not obscure or obstruct relevant or key information. In some countries captions are called subtitles.
- Revised definition for ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
- Includes information technology and any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the creation, conversion, or duplication of data or information. The term electronic and information technology includes, but is not limited to, telecommunications products (such as telephones), information kiosks and transaction machines, World Wide Web sites, multimedia, and office equipment such as copiers and fax machines. The term does not include any equipment that contains embedded information technology that is used as an integral part of the product, but INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS NOT THE principal function of that product.
[of which is not the acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information. For example, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) equipment such as thermostats or temperature control devices, and medical equipment where information technology is integral to its operation, are not information technology.]
- Includes information technology and any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the creation, conversion, or duplication of data or information. The term electronic and information technology includes, but is not limited to, telecommunications products (such as telephones), information kiosks and transaction machines, World Wide Web sites, multimedia, and office equipment such as copiers and fax machines. The term does not include any equipment that contains embedded information technology that is used as an integral part of the product, but INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS NOT THE principal function of that product.
- Add new definition of MENU per Telecom (and maybe A/V) subcommittee.
- Need recommendation from Telecom subcommittee for menu related to IVR systems and maybe menu related to accessing captions, video description, etc.
- Add new definition of PROGRAMMATICALLY DETERMINABLE
- Language to come from Web/Software after verification with WCAC 2.0 current version.
- Revise definition for Product?
- Electronic and information technology.
- The current definition of product references the definition of E&IT. Does it need to explicitly include “services” or does the current reference to the E&IT definition already include services?
- Electronic and information technology.
- Add new definition of REAL-TIME per A/V and REAL-TIME TEXT and REAL-TIME CONVERSATION Telecom subcommittees.
- Need recommendation from AV and Telecom subcommittees.
- Revised definition for TTY
- An abbreviation for teletypewriter. Machinery or equipment that employs interactive text based communications through the transmission of coded signals across the telephone network. As used in this part, the term TTY includes text-to-text communications along with voice and text intermixed communications such as voice carry over and hearing carry over. TTYs may include, for example, devices known as TDDs (telecommunication display devices or telecommunication devices for deaf persons) or computers with special modems. TTYs are also called text telephones.
- Needed clarification because telecom standard used TTY as integral part of one or more technical standards. Was unclear if VCO and/or HCO was included.
- Telecom subcommittee finalizing.
- An abbreviation for teletypewriter. Machinery or equipment that employs interactive text based communications through the transmission of coded signals across the telephone network. As used in this part, the term TTY includes text-to-text communications along with voice and text intermixed communications such as voice carry over and hearing carry over. TTYs may include, for example, devices known as TDDs (telecommunication display devices or telecommunication devices for deaf persons) or computers with special modems. TTYs are also called text telephones.
- Add new definition of TERMINAL DEVICE per Telecom subcommittee.
- Any device that terminates one end (sender or receiver) of a communicated signal and with which an end user interacts
- or:
- Any device or devices with which the end user directly interacts and that provides the user interface.
- Telecom needs to finalize.
- Any device that terminates one end (sender or receiver) of a communicated signal and with which an end user interacts
- New definition for VIDEO DESCRIPTION
- The insertion of verbal or auditory description(s) of on-screen visuals intended to describe important visual details that are not contained or that cannot be understood from the main audio output alone. Video
Audiodescriptions supplement the regular audio track of the program and are usually inserted between dialogue narration to provide information about actions, characters, and on-screen text that appears without verbalization. Video descriptions are a way to let people who are blind or have low vision know what is happening on screen.- Referred to A/V Workgroup for finalization.
- The insertion of verbal or auditory description(s) of on-screen visuals intended to describe important visual details that are not contained or that cannot be understood from the main audio output alone. Video
