[bookshare-discuss] FCC seeks comment on Amazons request for waiver of accessibility requirements ) )
- From: Karen Lewellen <klewellen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare list <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:13:28 -0400 (EDT)
A follow up to yesterday's information.
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Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:19:09 -0500
Request for Comment on Petition for Class Waiver of Accessibility Rules for ACS
On August 1, 2013, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) released a Public
Notice requesting comment on a petition filed by the Coalition of E-Reader
Manufacturers. The Coalition requests that the Commission waive its rules
requiring equipment used for advanced communications services (ACS) to be
accessible by people with disabilities. The Coalition states that, although
e-readers are equipment that consumers can use for ACS, they are designed
primarily for reading.
To distinguish e-readers from tablets and other devices that would not be
subject to the waiver request, the Coalition requests a waiver for e-readers
that have the following features:
(1) they have no LCD screen;
(2) they have no camera;
(3) they are not offered or shipped to consumers with built-in ACS client
applications and their manufacturers do not develop ACS applications for their
respective devices, though the devices may include a browser and social media
applications; and
(4) they are marketed to consumers as reading devices and promotional material
does not tout the capability to access ACS.
Comment Deadline: September 3, 2013
Reply Comment Deadline: September 13, 2013
Links to the Public Notice (including filing instructions):
(PDF) http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-1686A1.pdf
(Word) http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-1686A1.doc
(Text) http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-1686A1.txt
Link to the Coalition Petition (May 15, 2013):
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7022314526
Link to the Letter Supplementing the Coalition Petition (July 17, 2013):
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7520931307
For further information, please contact Eliot Greenwald at (202) 418-2235
orEliot.Greenwald@xxxxxxx<mailto:Eliot.Greenwald@xxxxxxx>; or Rosaline Crawford
at (202) 418-2075
orRosaline.Crawford@xxxxxxx<mailto:Rosaline.Crawford@xxxxxxx>.
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