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From: "Pratik Patel" <[log in to unmask]
Subject: [leadership] CEA LAUNCHES WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP
STANDARDS FORACCESSIBILITY FEATURES IN TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
Date sent: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 20:48:59 -0400
Dear all,
Right at the heals of the passage of S3304, the Consumer
Electronics
Association has decided to start a working group to consider
standards
related to accessibility features in electronic devices. Please
see the
linked press release below for more information.
Regards,
Pratik
http://www.ce.org/Press/CurrentNews/press_release_detail.asp?id=1
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CEA LAUNCHES WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBILITY
FEATURES
IN TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
Standards to Focus on Enhanced Accessibility Features Including
Tactile
Feedback
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Arlington, Virginia
8/9/2010
The Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA)R Video Systems
Committee today
announced the launch of a new working group to develop standards
for
enhanced accessibility features in video devices. The working
group - called
R4 WG19 - will develop standards and guidelines focused on
enhanced
accessibility features in video devices, providing direction for
product
implementations that benefit the accessibility community and
consumer
electronics manufacturers. CEA seeks participation in the
working group by
designers, engineers, manufacturers, users with disabilities and
accessibility design specialists.
"The video systems and home entertainment markets are driving
forces behind
the global success of the consumer technology industry," said
Brian
Markwalter, vice president of Research and Standards for CEA.
"CEA's new
working group will establish standards and recommended practices
that will
improve accessibility features in these devices and will
ultimately lead to
more innovative and user-friendly technology products that
benefit the
accessibility community and the CE industry as a whole."
The working group will initially focus on tactile feedback
features of
remote controls to assist in locating and distinguishing buttons
and
features on TV, recorder, audio and other remote-controlled
devices. Further
projects may include other standards surrounding accessibility
issues in
video devices - features critically important to consumers with
visual or
auditory impairments, for example.
CEA leads technology manufacturers in fostering CE industry
growth by
developing industry standards and technical specifications that
enable new
products to come to market and encourage interoperability with
existing
devices. CEA maintains an unmatched reputation as a credible and
flexible
standards making body and has earned ANSI accreditation. Through
more than
70 committees, subcommittees and working groups, the CEA
Technology and
Standards program provides a unique and efficient forum where
technical
professionals throughout the industry develop a unified
technology roadmap
and address technical issues critical to the CE industry growth.
For
information about CEA Technology and Standards, visit
www.CE.org/standards.
For more information, or to join the R4 WG19 working group,
please contact
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