On July 11, 2013, the U.S. Access Board and the ADA National Network will host a free webinar providing a “walk thru” of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), also known as WCAG 2.0. The WCAG are published and maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and are the internationally recognized standards for web
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Electronic Book Readers Must Meet ADA Accessibility Requirements, says DOJ
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in ADA
Emerging technology clashes with ADA accessibility requirements, as the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education warn colleges and university about requiring classroom use of electronic readers. In an open letter to college and university presidents, the federal departments "express[ed] concern" that some electronic book readers "lack an accessible text-to-speech function," making…