1. As section 508 is a requirement, it is not a part of the best value
determination. Offerors will complete the following matrix in order
for the government to determine if there are commercially available
products that meet all of section 508 requirements. If there are not
commercially available products that meet all of section 508
requirements then the government will consider those products, which
offer the greatest compliance with the standards. In both the case of
fully meet and partially met the government will consider whether
purchasing a product that fully meets or partially meets posses an
undue burden on the government as opposed to purchase of EIT that does
not comply with the standard.
2. Check the box that represents the status of your product regarding
compliance with a particular standard. Mark not applicable if the
standard does apply to the product you are offering.
In making a determination of which product to buy the government is
compelled to buy the product that is most complaint therefore if
products offered are fully complaint and do not put an undue burden on
the government then the government shall consider only the products
that are fully complaint. If all products are partially compliant then
the government (so long as it does not place an undue burden on the
government) shall considered the products that are most compliant.
Only if all products offered were non-compliant will the government
consider non-compliant products or purchase of a compliant product
would place an undue burden on the government.
Identify Products or Component
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§ 1194.21 Software applications and operating systems. Note to §1194.22
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(a) When software is designed to run on a system that has a
keyboard, product function shall be executable form a keyboard
where the function itself or the result of performing a function
can be discerned textually.
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(b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features
of other products that are identified as accessibility features,
where those features are developed and documented according to
industry standards. Applications also shall not disrupt or
disable activated features of any operating system that are
identified as accessibility features where the application
programming interface for those accessibility features has been
documented by the manufacturer of the operating system and is
available to the product developer.
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(c) A well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus
shall be provided that moves among interactive interface
elements as the input focus changes. The focus shall be
programmatically exposed so that assistive technology can track
focus and focus changes.
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(d) Sufficient information about a user interface element
including the identity, operation and state of the element shall
be available to assistive technology. When an image represents a
program element, the information conveyed by the image must also
be available in text.
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(e) When bitmap images are used to identify controls, status
indicators, or other programmatic elements, the meaning assigned
to those images shall be consistent throughout an application's
performance.
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(f) Textual information shall be provided through operating
system functions for displaying text. The minimum information
that shall be made available is text content, text input caret
location, and text attributes.
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(g) Applications shall not override user selected contrast and
color selections and other individual display attributes.
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(h) When animation is displayed, the information shall be
displayable in at least one non-animated presentation mode at
the option of the user.
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(i) Color coding shall not be used as the only means of
conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a
response, or distinguishing a visual element.
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(j) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast
settings, a variety of color selections capable of producing a
range of contrast levels shall be provided.
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(k) Software shall not use flashing or blinking text, objects,
or other elements having a flash or blink frequency greater than
2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.
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(l) When electronic forms are used, the form shall allow people
using assistive technology to access the information, field
elements, and functionality required for completion and
submission of the form, including all directions and cues.
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§ 1194.22 Web-based intranet and internet information and
applications.
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(a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be
provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content).
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(b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation
shall be synchronized with the presentation.
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(c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed
with color is also available without color, for example from
context or markup.
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(e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active
region of a server-side image map.
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(f) Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of
server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be
defined with an available geometric shape.
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(g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables.
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(h) Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header
cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of
row or column headers.
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(i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame
identification and navigation.
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(j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to
flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.
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(k) A text-only page, with equivalent information or
functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with
the provisions of this part, when compliance cannot be
accomplished in any other way. The content of the text-only page
shall be updated whenever the primary page changes.
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(l) When pages utilize scripting languages to display content,
or to create interface elements, the information provided by the
script shall be identified with functional text that can be read
by assistive technology.
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(m) When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other
application be present on the client system to interpret page
content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet
that complies with §1194.21(a) through (l).
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(n) When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line,
the form shall allow people using assistive technology to access
the information, field elements, and functionality required for
completion and submission of the form, including all directions
and cues.
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(o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip
repetitive navigation links.
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(p) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted
and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.
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§ 1194.23 Telecommunications products.
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(a) 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.
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(b) Telecommunications products which include voice
communication functionality shall support all commonly used
cross-manufacturer non-proprietary standard TTY signal
protocols.
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(c) Voice mail, auto-attendant, and interactive voice response
telecommunications systems shall be usable by TTY users with
their TTYs.
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(d) 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.
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(e) Where provided, caller identification and similar
telecommunications functions shall also be available for users
of TTYs, and for users who cannot see displays.
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(f) 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.
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(g) 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.
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(h) 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.
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(i) 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.
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(j) 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.
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(k) Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys,
shall comply with the following:
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(1) Controls and keys shall be tactilely discernible without
activating the controls or keys.
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(2) 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.
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(3) 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.
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(4) The status of all locking or toggle controls or keys shall
be visually discernible, and discernible either through touch or
sound.
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§ 1194.24 Video and multimedia products.
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(a) All analog television displays 13 inches and larger, and
computer equipment that includes analog television receiver or
display circuitry, shall be equipped with caption decoder
circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays
closed captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD
signals. As soon as practicable, but not later than July 1,
2002, widescreen digital television (DTV) displays measuring at
least 7.8 inches vertically, DTV sets with conventional displays
measuring at least 13 inches vertically, and stand-alone DTV
tuners, whether or not they are marketed with display screens,
and computer equipment that includes DTV receiver or display
circuitry, shall be equipped with caption decoder circuitry
which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed
captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD signals.
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(b) Television tuners, including tuner cards for use in
computers, shall be equipped with secondary audio program
playback circuitry.
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(c) All training and informational video and multimedia
productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of
format, that contain speech or other audio information necessary
for the comprehension of the content, shall be open or closed
captioned.
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(d) All training and informational video and multimedia
productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of
format, that contain visual information necessary for the
comprehension of the content, shall be audio described.
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(e) Display or presentation of alternate text presentation or
audio descriptions shall be user-selectable unless permanent.
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§ 1194.25 Self contained closed products.
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(a) Self contained products shall be usable by people with
disabilities without requiring an end-user to attach assistive
technology to the product. Personal headsets for private
listening are not assistive technology.
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(b) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted
and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.
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(c) Where a product utilizes touchscreens or contact-sensitive
controls, an input method shall be provided that complies with
§1194.23 (k) (1) through (4).
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(d) When biometric forms of user identification or control are
used, an alternative form of identification or activation, which
does not require the user to possess particular biological
characteristics, shall also be provided.
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(e) When products provide auditory output, the audio signal
shall be provided at a standard signal level through an industry
standard connector that will allow for private listening. The
product must provide the ability to interrupt, pause, and
restart the audio at anytime.
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(f) When products deliver voice output in a public area,
incremental volume control shall be provided with output
amplification up to a level of at least 65 dB. Where the ambient
noise level of the environment is above 45 dB, a volume gain of
at least 20 dB above the ambient level shall be user selectable.
A function shall be provided to automatically reset the volume
to the default level after every use.
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(g) Color coding shall not be used as the only means of
conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a
response, or distinguishing a visual element.
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(h) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast
settings, a range of color selections capable of producing a
variety of contrast levels shall be provided.
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(i) Products shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to
flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.
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(j) Products which are freestanding, non-portable, and intended
to be used in one location and which have operable controls
shall comply with the following:
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(1) The position of any operable control shall be determined
with respect to a vertical plane, which is 48 inches in length,
centered on the operable control, and at the maximum protrusion
of the product within the 48 inch length (see Figure 1 of this
part).
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(2) Where any operable control is 10 inches or less behind the
reference plane, the height shall be 54 inches maximum and 15
inches minimum above the floor.
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(3) Where any operable control is more than 10 inches and not
more than 24 inches behind the reference plane, the height shall
be 46 inches maximum and 15 inches minimum above the floor.
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(4) Operable controls shall not be more than 24 inches behind
the reference plane (see Figure 2 of this part).
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§ 1194.26 Desktop and portable computers.
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(a) All mechanically operated controls and keys shall comply
with §1194.23 (k) (1) through (4).
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(b) If a product utilizes touchscreens or touch-operated
controls, an input method shall be provided that complies with
§1194.23 (k) (1) through (4).
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(c) When biometric forms of user identification or control are
used, an alternative form of identification or activation, which
does not require the user to possess particular biological
characteristics, shall also be provided.
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(d) Where provided, at least one of each type of expansion
slots, ports and connectors shall comply with publicly available
industry standards.
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Subpart C -- Functional Performance Criteria
§ 1194.31 Functional performance criteria.
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(a) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval
that does not require user vision shall be provided, or support
for assistive technology used by people who are blind or
visually impaired shall be provided.
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(b) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval
that does not require visual acuity greater than 20/70 shall be
provided in audio and enlarged print output working together or
independently, or support for assistive technology used by
people who are visually impaired shall be provided.
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(d) Where audio information is important for the use of a
product, at least one mode of operation and information
retrieval shall be provided in an enhanced auditory fashion, or
support for assistive hearing devices shall be provided.
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(e) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval
that does not require user speech shall be provided, or support
for assistive technology used by people with disabilities shall
be provided.
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(f) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval
that does not require fine motor control or simultaneous actions
and that is operable with limited reach and strength shall be
provided.
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Subpart D -- Information, Documentation, and Support
§ 1194.41 Information, documentation, and support.
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(a) Product support documentation provided to end-users shall be
made available in alternate formats upon request, at no
additional charge.
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(b) End-users shall have access to a description of the
accessibility and compatibility features of products in
alternate formats or alternate methods upon request, at no
additional charge.
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(c) Support services for products shall accommodate the
communication needs of end-users with disabilities.
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2. Paragraphs (l), (m), (n), (o), and (p) of this section are
different from WCAG 1.0. Web pages that conform to WCAG 1.0, level A
(i.e., all priority 1 checkpoints) must also meet paragraphs (l), (m),
(n), (o), and (p) of this section to comply with this section. WCAG
1.0 is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505.