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1-2-E EDIT TO FORMAL DRAFT

1.2-E - Pass Through

Products that transmit or conduct information or communication must pass through cross-manufacturer, non-proprietary, industry-standard codes accessibility related data, translation protocols, formats or other information necessary to provide the information or communications in a usable format to people with disabilities.

Technologies which use encoding, signal compression, format transformation, or similar techniques must not remove information needed for access (including captions and supplemental audio), or must restore it upon delivery.

Firewalls, routers,gateways and other products that pass real-time voice communication must also pass real-time text communication signals (including mixed voice and real-time text) that are standard in the United States for that technology platform without distortion or error beyond 1%.

DISCUSSION

  • NOT on our list
  • NEEDS TO BE FIXED Whose is this.

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