Kansas Partnership for Accessible Technology July 14, 2015 Meeting

STATUS UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

ADA 25 th Anniversary  July 26 th is the 25 th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).   The Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC) is holding a reception to celebrate  July 27 th, 1:00 to 2:00 pm  Statehouse 2 nd floor rotunda

Dole Exhibit Opening  “Celebrating Opportunity for People with Disabilities: 70 Years of Dole Leadership”  Presented by the Dole Institute of Politics and the Robert J. Dole Archive and Special Collections  Dedicated to stories from Senator Bob Dole’s decades-long advocacy for people with disabilities, featuring documents from the Dole Archives.  The kick-off event to the Dole Institute’s special series, “commemorateADA,” recognizing the 25th anniversary of the signing of the ADA and Senator Dole’s important role in the passage of this legislation.  July 26th  Open house 2–4 pm  Brief speaking program 3 pm  Simons Media Room, Dole Institute of Politics in Lawrence

DOJ ANPRM Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Governments  Listing in the Spring 2015 Reginfo.gov agenda changed the date for NPRM from unspecified December to unspecified May, and listed an NPRM Comment Period End as unspecified August, but no NPRM has been published. 

Upcoming Training  PDF Accessibility  PDF Form Accessibility  Thursday, July 16  Info and registration:  Using AMP for Web Accessibility  Wednesday, September 9  Info and registration:

AMP Release  AMP has been updated to the Spring 2015 Release since we last met.  Introduced AMP for Mobile  Info on what’s new at  Demo video at

Equidox  Google has approached OITS with a solution that automatically discovers PDF documents and converts them to WCAG 2.0 compliant HTML. 

Surveys  WebAIM screen reader user survey  webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey6 webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey6  Open through July 24 th  Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, et al., survey on relay call rejections by businesses 

COMMUNICATING WITH DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS Robert Cooper Executive Director, Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

ICT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES

Review  Proposed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines  Latest stage in the rulemaking process for the update, or “refresh”, of the federal Section 508 standards and Section 255 guidelines  Updates accessibility requirements for ICT in the federal sector covered by Section 508 and, jointly, telecommunications equipment subject to Section 255  Highlighted changes:  Broad application of WCAG 2.0  Delineation of covered electronic content  Expanded interoperability requirements  Requirements for RTT functionality 

Public Comments  Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published in February  Public comment period ended May 28  Comments viewable at  KPAT comment at

Adapting ITEC Policy PROCEDURES: 7.1 All Entity websites, web services, and web applications must, at a minimum, comply with: W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Level A and AA Success Criteria ( Section 508 Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards, Web-based intranet and internet information and applications (36 CFR § ) ( #Web)

Expanding Beyond Web Technologies  ITEC 1210 applies only to web technologies; we do not have state policy for the accessibility of other IT.  We have often mentioned in the past that we might want to consider addressing non-web IT accessibility.  Adoption of the new ICT Standards and Guidelines might be a good time to do so, if we desire.  Section 508 has always covered all IT, not just the web.

Current Section 508 Definition of E&IT 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 the principal function 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.

Current Section 508 Definition of IT Information technology. Any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information. The term information technology includes computers, ancillary equipment, software, firmware and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources.

Current Section 508 Parts  Software applications and operating systems  Web-based intranet and internet information and applications  Telecommunications products  Video and multimedia products  Self contained, closed products  Desktop and portable computers

Proposed ICT Refresh Definition of ICT Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Information technology and other equipment, systems, technologies, or processes, for which the principal function is the creation, manipulation, storage, display, receipt, or transmission of electronic data and information, as well as any associated content. Examples of ICT include, but are not limited to: computers and peripheral equipment; information kiosks and transaction machines; telecommunications equipment; customer premises equipment; multifunction office machines; software; applications; websites; videos; and, electronic documents.

Proposed ICT Refresh Definition of IT Information technology. Shall have the same meaning as the term “information technology” set forth in 40 U.S.C (6). 40 U.S.C (6) (Public Buildings, Property, and Works) reads: (6)INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘information technology’’— (A)with respect to an executive agency means any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, used in the automatic acquisition, storage, analysis, evaluation, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by the executive agency, if the equipment is used by the executive agency directly or is used by a contractor under a contract with the executive agency that requires the use— (i)of that equipment; or (ii)of that equipment to a significant extent in the performance of a service or the furnishing of a product; (B)includes computers, ancillary equipment (including imaging peripherals, input, output, and storage devices necessary for security and surveillance), peripheral equipment designed to be controlled by the central processing unit of a computer, software, firmware and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources; but (C)does not include any equipment acquired by a federal contractor incidental to a federal contract.

Proposed ICT Refresh Chapters  Chapter 4: Hardware  Chapter 5: Software  Chapter 6: Support Documentation and Services

Other States  The following states have comprehensive IT accessibility standards:  Massachusetts  Missouri  Nebraska  Oklahoma  Texas  Virginia

Expanding Beyond Web Technologies Discussion

MOBILE ACCESSIBILITY

Overview  There is current activity in mobile web and app development, which is expected to dramatically increase in prevalence and importance in the near term and into the foreseeable future.  Major area of focus in upcoming Strategic Plan  Now is the time to set accessibility standards.  What form should they take?  Application of other policy (e.g., ITEC 1210, perhaps in expanded form)  Section of another policy (yet to come)  Standalone mobile accessibility policy  Other, non-policy guidance  What should their content be?

WAI Sources  Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) 1.0 (2008 Recommendation)   Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) (2009 Working Group Note)   Mobile Web Application Best Practices (MWABP) (2010 Recommendation)   Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile (2015 Public Working Draft) 

Other WAI Resources  Mobile Accessibility overview   Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web: Making a Website Accessible Both for People with Disabilities and for Mobile Devices   Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities 

Other Resources  Developer documentation from platform vendors  Best Practices in AMP  AMP for Mobile  (FYI: SSB is offering a webinar showcasing AMP for Mobile on July 23 rd. See info.ssbbartgroup.com/AMP-for-Mobile.html) info.ssbbartgroup.com/AMP-for-Mobile.html

KPAT Resources  Many of these are currently collected at

Mobile Accessibility Discussion

OPEN DISCUSSION

Next Meeting Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Time: 2:30–4:30 PM Location: Landon State Office Building Room SW Jackson Street