BrazilBrazilian Inclusion Law, Accessible Telecommunications and Sound and Image Broadcasting Services
In force.
An accessibility requirements rule binding private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
As of .
What it requires
- Article 65 leaves the content of the duty to specific regulation, and the Act names no technical standard.
- If you provide telecommunications services, guarantee full access to persons with disabilities, as specific regulation provides (LBI Art. 65).
- If you provide sound and image broadcasting services, allow the use of closed captioning, a window with a Libras interpreter and audio description, among other resources (LBI Art. 67).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
Who enforces it
Settledness
- As of
- Open questions
- Which specific regulation gives content to the "pleno acesso" (full access) duty of telecommunications companies in Article 65?
What this law does
Under article 65, companies providing telecommunications services must guarantee full access for persons with disabilities, as specific regulation provides. Under article 67, sound and image broadcasting services must allow the use of closed captioning, a window with a Libras interpreter and audio description, among other resources.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app provides telecom services.