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=== Section 508 ===

[[Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973|Section 508]] is a standard that is regulated by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]]. This department ensures that all information and communications technology is accessible to disabled users. Their responsibilities include designing websites, software, hardware, video and multimedia, and telecommunications that meet accessibility standards. The standards themselves were created by an independent federal agency that works on accessibility for people with disabilities known as the [[US Access Board]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.epa.gov/accessibility/what-section-508|title=What is Section 508?|last=US EPA|first=OEI|date=2013-09-26|website=USUnited States Environmental Protection EPAAgency|language=en|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>

=== International Standards ===

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Compiled from independent standards experts, this document is the most comprehensive and technical standard for designing accessible features for software, covering all disabilities and all aspects of software. It provides examples of two priority levels ('Required' and 'Recommended') and offers a handy checklist designed to help with recording software testing results.

Because of its complexity and technical nature, and with upwards of 150 individual statements, ISO 9241-172 is difficult to interpret and apply. Luckily, not every statement is relevant to every situation, so it may be advisable to identify a subset of statements that are tailored to the particular software environment, making the use of this document much more achievable.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iso.org/cms/render/live/en/sites/isoorg/contents/data/standard/03/90/39080.html|title=ISO 9241-171:2008|last=14:00-17:00|website=ISO|language=en|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>

== See also ==

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* [https://www.mozilla.org/projects/ui/accessibility/ Mozilla Accessibility Project]

* [http://ui.openoffice.org/accessibility/ Open Office Accessibility Project]

* [http://www.guide-project.eu EU Project GUIDEGuide: Multimodal user interfaces for elderly people with mild impairments]

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