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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 515. Pardon and Parole Board |
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Chapter 5. IT Accessibility Compliance Representative |
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Subchapter 1. General Provisions |
SECTION 515:5-1-2. Definitions
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- The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:"Accessibility" means compliance with nationally accepted accessibility and usability standards, such as those established in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794(d)), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220), August 7, 1998;"Accommodation" means changes in the way things are customarily done that enable individuals with disabilities to enjoy equal access and benefits. Most often in these standards the term refers to the provision of effective communication through delivery of auxiliary aids and services such as qualified interpreters, note takers, transcription or captioning, qualified readers, Braille, video description and assistive devices."Alternate formats" means formats usable by people with disabilities may include, but are not limited to, Braille, ASCII text, large print, recorded audio, and electronic formats."Alternate methods" means a different means of providing information, including product documentation, to people with disabilities. Alternate methods may include, but are not limited to, voice, fax, relay service, TTY, Internet posting, captioning, text-to-speech synthesis, and audio description."Appointing authority" means the chief administrative officer of an agency. As the term is used in this chapter, the term includes employees of an agency to whom the Appointing Authority has lawfully delegated authority to act on his or her behalf."Assistive Technology Device" means any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities."Captioning" means a written representation of audio or dialogue that accompanies video information. Captions are similar to subtitles but also convey non-dialogue auditory information that is important to the video, such as laughter."Director" means the Director of the Office of State Finance."Electronic content" means electronic information presented in aural, visual, or textual manner, which is produced, manipulated, or provided by information technology, including, but not limited to formats such as work processor documents, spreadsheets, PDF's, images, slideshows/presentations, and markup languages."Individual with Disabilities" means any individual who is considered to have a disability or handicap for the purposes of any Federal or Oklahoma law."Information Technology" or "IT" means any electronic information equipment or interconnected system that is used in the acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information, including audio, graphic and text. [62 O.S., Section 41.5(t).1]"Oklahoma Information Technology Accessibility Standards" or "IT Accessibility Standards" or "Standards" means the accessibility standards adopted by the Office of State Finance together with the Department of Central Services, to address all technical standard categories of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794(d)), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220), August 7, 1998 to be used by each state agency in the procurement of information technology, and in the development and implementation of custom-designed information technology systems, web sites, and other emerging information technology systems."Operable Controls" means a component of a product that requires physical contact for normal operation. Operable controls include, but are not limited to, mechanically operated controls, input and output trays, card slots, keyboards, or keypads."Section 508" means Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794(d)), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220), August 7, 1998."Self-Contained, Closed Products" means products that generally have embedded software and are commonly designed in such a fashion that a user could not easily attach or install assistive technology. These products include, but are not limited to, information kiosks and information transaction machines, copiers, printers, fax machines, voting machines and other similar types of products."State agency" means any office, officer, bureau, board, counsel, court, commission, institution, unit, division, body or house of the executive or judicial branches of the state government, whether elected or appointed, excluding political subdivisions of the state. State agency shall include the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the institutions, centers, or other constituent agencies of The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, the State Board of Career and Technology Education and Technology Center school districts. [62 O.S., Section 41.5(t).1]"Telecommunications" means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received."Television Broadcast" means any video production that was distributed via an FCC regulated television station, but does not include the same video production distributed or redistributed via the Internet or an internal Intranet."Teletypewriter" or "TTY" means machinery or equipment that employs interactive text-based communications through the transmission of coded signals across the telephone network. TTY's may include devices known as TDD's (telecommunication display devices or telecommunication devices for deaf persons) or computers with special modems. TTY's are also called text telephones."Undue Burden" means significant difficulty or expense, including, but not limited to, difficulty or expense associated with technical feasibility. [62 O.S., Section 41.5(t).1]"Video Description" means the insertion of verbal descriptions about the setting and/or action in a video program when information about these visual elements is not contained in the audio portion of the program. These descriptions supplement the regular audio track of the program. Video descriptions are a way to let people who are blind or have low vision know what is happening on screen."Web pages" means electronic content connected to the World Wide Web or an intranet and available via a browser.