EWG:Draft May 30 Definitions
May 30 Draft > Definitions
Subpart A: Definitions
- Source: {508}1194.4 DEFINITIONS
- Subcommittee: Subpart A
- Comments and suggestions terms to be defined in this section
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.
AGENCY
Any Federal department or agency, including the United States Postal Service.
ALTERNATIVE FORMATS
Alternate formats usable by people with disabilities may include, but are not limited to, Braille, ASCII text, large print, recorded audio, and electronic formats that comply with this part.
ALTERNATIVE METHODS
Different means of providing information, including product documentation, to people with disabilities. Alternate methods may include, but are not limited to, voice, fax, relay service, TTY, Internet posting, captioning, text-to-speech synthesis, and audio description.
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.
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.
COMPARABLE ACCESS
Comparable access means that individuals with disabilities have access to and use of informatioin and data that is timely, accurate, complete, and efficitent when compared to that available to individuals without disabilities.
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.
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.
MENU
Need recommendation from Telecom subcommittee for menu related to IVR systems and maybe menu related to accessing captions, video description, etc
OPERABLE CONTROLS
A component of a product that requires physical contact for normal operation. Operable controls include, but are not limited to, mechanically operated controls, input and output trays, card slots, keyboards, or keypads.
PRODUCT
Electronic and information technology.
PROGRAMMATICALLY DETERMINABLE
Language to come from Web/Software after verification with WCAC 2.0 current version.
REAL-TIME, REAL-TIME TEXT, REAL-TIME CONVERSATION
Need recommendation from AV and Telecom subcommittees.
SELF CONTAINED, CLOSED PRODUCT
Products that generally have embedded software and are commonly designed in such a fashion that a user cannot easily attach or install assistive technology. These products include, but are not limited to, information kiosks and information transaction machines, copiers, printers, calculators, fax machines, and other similar types of products.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received.
TERMINAL DEVICE
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.
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.
UNDUE BURDEN
Undue burden means significant difficulty or expense. In determining whether an action would result in an undue burden, an agency shall consider all agency resources available to the program or component for which the product is being developed, procured, maintained, or used.
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 descriptions 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.
