Ships a consumer interface, in Arkansas

Ark. Code Ann. secs. 25-26-201 to 25-26-203, 25-26-205 and 25-26-206 (Act 1227 of 1999) · Read the law's page

• If you are the head of the state or of a state-assisted organization (a college, nonprofit organization, political subdivision, school system or other entity supported in whole or in part by state funds), ensure that the information technology equipment and software your employees, program participants or members of the general public use provides blind or visually impaired individuals with access, to the extent the subchapter provides, to interactive use that is equivalent to that provided to others (Ark. Code Ann. sec. 25-26-203(a)(1)).
• Ensure that information technology equipment and software present information, including the prompts used for interactive communications, in formats intended for both visual and nonvisual use (sec. 25-26-203(a)(2)).
• Ensure that information technology equipment and software were purchased under a contract that includes the technology access clause (sec. 25-26-203(a)(3)).
• Where technology that allows access for blind or visually impaired individuals is not reasonably available, provide those individuals a reasonable accommodation as defined in section 12111(9) of title 42 of the United States Code (sec. 25-26-201(b)(3)).
• Do not approve the exclusion of the technology access clause from a contract with respect to the compatibility of standard operating systems and software with nonvisual access software and peripheral devices, or the initial design, development and installation of information systems (sec. 25-26-205(a)(1)).
• Ensure that application programs and underlying operating systems, including the format of the data used to manipulate and present information, permit, to the extent the subchapter provides, the installation and effective use of nonvisual access software and peripheral devices (sec. 25-26-205(c)).