Accessibility standards for ICTs

E-accessibility workshop For Persons with E-accessibility workshop For Persons with
Disabilities
Haji Mohammed
Manager New Technologies
Communications Commission of Kenya
haji@cck.go.ke
Laico Regency Hotel
10 11, May 2012
WHY ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS?
It is MANDATORY
Articles 3 and 9 of the Convention on Articles 3 and 9 of the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
Article 3 accessibility
WHY ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS?
Article 9, 2(a) - To develop, promulgate
and monitor the implementation of
minimum standards and guidelines
for the accessibility of facilities and for the accessibility of facilities and
services open or provided to the
public
WHY ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS?
Constitution of Kenya, 2010
KICA, Cap 411A
Other Kenyan laws
CCKs vision access for all in Kenya CCKs vision access for all in Kenya
Ensure affordability, accessibility,
compatibility, portability, availability
and inclusiveness
Accessibility Initiatives - ITU
Study Group 16 - Lead study group on
telecommunication/ICT accessibility for
persons with disabilities
Joint Coordination Activity on Accessibility Joint Coordination Activity on Accessibility
and Human Factors - JCA-AHF
(http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/jca/ahf)
ITU-T study groups 12 ad 13 work on
accessibility
Accessibility Initiatives - ITU
ITU-T Study Group 2 work on human factors
Question 4/2 - Human factors related issues
for improvement of the quality of life through
international telecommunications international telecommunications
ITU-D SG 1 Question 20/1 "Access to
telecommunication services for people with
disabilities"

Accessibility Initiatives - ITU

ITU-R wireless technologies enhance
accessibility to people with disabilities and avoid
their exclusion.
ITU-R DTTB Handbook - Digital terrestrial
television broadcasting in the VHF/UHF bands
cover captioning and closed captioning cover captioning and closed captioning
Recommendation ITU-R M.1076 - Wireless
communication systems for persons with
impaired hearing
Recommendation ITU-R M.1076 - Wireless
communication systems for persons with
impaired hearing
OTHER ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVES
Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and
Disability (DCAD) - facilitates interaction and
ensures that ICT accessibility is included in the
key debates around Internet Governance
ISO/IEC JTC1 Special Working Group on ISO/IEC JTC1 Special Working Group on
Accessibility (SWG-A)
http://www.jtc1access.org/
G3ict - the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs
http://www.g3ict.com/
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS/1
ITU Standards on Accessibility
V.18 Harmonization of text telephony
V.151 Procedures for the end-to-end
connection of analogue PSTN text
telephones over an IP network utilizing
text relay
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS/2
V.254 Asynchronous serial command
interface for assistive and multi-functional
communication devices
T.140 the general presentation protocol T.140 the general presentation protocol
for text conversation
T.134 text conversation in the T.120 data
conferencing environment
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS/3
ITU Standards on Accessibility
(contd)
H.323 Annex G for text conversation in
H.323 packet multimedia environment H.323 packet multimedia environment
H.248.2 gateway procedures between Text
Telephony in PSTN and real-time text in IP
and other networks
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS/4
H Series Supplement 1 Requirements on
video communication for sign language
and lip reading
F.790Telecommunications accessibility
guidelines for older persons and persons
with disabilities
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS/5
ITU Standards on Accessibility (contd)
F.703 Multimedia conversational services
A Total Conversation service is an audiovisual
conversation service providing bidirectional
symmetric real-time transfer of motion video, text
and voice between users in two or more locations.
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS/6
ITU Standards that integrate accessibility:
Sections on accessibility were included in
NGN R1 Scope Y.2000SerSup1
Definition in F.703 of Total Conversation and
Text Telephony services, offering real-time Text Telephony services, offering real-time
text, video and audio communication
Definition of the real-time conversational text
medium in F.700
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS/7
Inclusion in H.320 of real-time text
conversation in ISDN multimedia
Section on transport of real-time text in ISDN
multimedia environments in H.224
Sections on modem negotiation for text Sections on modem negotiation for text
telephony in V.8
Sections in V.8 bis on modem negotiation for
text telephony
Sections inV.250 on control of V.18 modems
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS/8
ITU Standards that integrate accessibility:
Inclusion in H.324 of real time text
conversation in circuit switched multimedia
Section in H.245 for handling real-time text
connections in H.324 and H.323 multimedia connections in H.324 and H.323 multimedia
environments
Inclusion in T.120 of real-time text in data
conferencing
Section in T.124 for handling real-time text
sessions in the T.120 environment
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS/9
ITU Standards that integrate
accessibility:
Section in G.168 for testing of echo
cancellation in calls with text telephony cancellation in calls with text telephony
Section in F.724 for accessible media
additions in service description and
requirements for video telephony
services over IP networks
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS/10
Section in F.733 for accessible media additions in
multimedia conference services over IP
Section in F.742 for accessible media additions in
service description and requirements for distance
learning services
Section in F.741 for accessible media additions in Section in F.741 for accessible media additions in
service description and requirements for
audiovisual on demand services
Inclusion in V.152 of text telephony
considerations in voice band data gateway
procedures
ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS IN
EMERGINGTECHNOLOGIES
Emerging technologies take into consideration
accessibility from the beginning. They include
accessibility requirements especially total
conversion.
Examples: of emerging technologies:
IPTV
NGN
Home Networking
USEFUL ITU TOOLKITS
Telecommunication Accessibility Checklist
http://www.itu.int/pub/T-TUT-FSTP-2006-TACL/en
Telecommunication Accessibility Guidelines Telecommunication Accessibility Guidelines
http://www.itu.int/ITU-
T/studygroups/com16/accessibility/guidelines.html
IMPROVING PARTICIPATION IN
STANDARD DEVELOPMENT
PROCESSES
Include PWDs in the standards
development process
ITU Accessibility work:
Raise awareness among disability Raise awareness among disability
organizations and standards bodies, about
which are the relevant standards, what
categories, and who are the people
involved
IMPROVING PARTICIPATION IN
STANDARD DEVELOPMENT
PROCESSES
Introduce standards into the education
system, in particular train PWDs
Funding: Raise resources, both human
and financial and financial
ITU GUIDINGTEXTS ON
ACCESSIBILITY
PP -10 Resolution 175 (Plenipotentiary 2010, Guadalajara,
Mexico)
WTDC -10 Resolution 58 (Access to information and
communication technology for persons with disabilities,
including persons with age-related disabilities)
WTSA -10 Resolution 70 (Regional initiative for Central WTSA -10 Resolution 70 (Regional initiative for Central
and Eastern Europe on "E-accessibility (Internet and
digital television) for persons with disabilities")
WTSA -08 Resolution 70 - Telecommunication/information
and communication technology accessibility for persons with
disabilities: the ITU-T milestone for Accessibility.
See the action plan for the implementation.
e-Accessibility Policy Toolkit for Persons with Disabilities
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Accessibility standards are available, lots
of work still ongoing to improve them
Implementation and enforcement of such
standards is weak need to improve standards is weak need to improve
PWDs have the opportunity to take part
in ICT standards development process
consult CCK and KEBS
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Internship programmes can enhance
participation and inclusion
Special accessibility requirements can be
included in standards making process
(ITU) directly or through CCK (ITU) directly or through CCK
Accessibility standards ecosystem requires
involvement of all stakeholders
Standards are available online for free at
ITU website: www.itu.int