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HW Draft Audio Connection Language

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2.3.F Audio Connection

When products provide auditory output, the audio signal must be provided at a standard signal level through an industry standard connector (connection???) that will allow for private listening.


Discussion or Rationale

There is a broader issue here relative to open/closed or public/private... Need more freedoms at workstation/private level.

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.

Software or Firmware may be needed to address the "The product must provide the ability to interrupt, pause, and restart the audio at anytime."

  • Source: {508} 1194.23(e); {255} 1193.51(b) & (g)
  • Subcommittee: Hardware
  • Impact:
  • External Reference:
  • Testability
  • Metadata
    • Disabilities: All disabilities
    • User Activities: Conversations, data analysis, document sharing and reviewing, media (audio/video) creation and editing.
    • Product Characterisics: Physical controls or connectors, touchscreen or touch sensitive buttons.
    • Product Types: Hardware, telephone, telephone system, audiovisual equipment, public information terminal, desktop computer system, portable computer system, copier, printer, scanner, other simliar peripherals.

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