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Equipment Accessibility Checklist (1)
This Checklist should help you evaluate the extent to which your component's
information technology equipment (including -- but not limited to
-- printers, fax machines, and copiers) is accessible to and usable
by most people with disabilities. You should evaluate each model by
each manufacturer, whether or not there is another type of equipment
available that is accessible to people with disabilities and whether
or not reasonable accommodations are provided to individuals with
disabilities.
Person filling out this Checklist:
Component/Agency:
Name:
Title:
Telephone number:
Fax number:
E-mail address:
Equipment under review:
Type (choose one):
(a) printer
(b) fax machine
(c) copier
(d) other -- describe:
Manufacturer:
Model:
Number of units of this model operated or used by component:
Used by approximately [blank] members of the public on a weekly
basis.
Used by approximately [blank] Federal employees on a weekly basis.
Hours of availability (choose the most appropriate):
(a) 24 hours a day, seven days a week
(b) normal business hours, weekdays only
(c) normal business hours, 7 days a week
(d) extended business hours, weekdays only
(e) extended business hours, weekdays and some weekend hours
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| 1. Can the user change sound settings,
such as volume? |
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| 2. Are any displays -- including liquid
crystal displays -- readable by persons who are in a seated
position, such as those who use wheelchairs? |
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3. For free-standing equipment, is the
highest operable part of controls, dispensers, receptacles,
and other operable equipment placed within at least one of the
following reach ranges?
(a) If a forward approach is required, the maximum
high forward reach is 48 inches.
(b) If a side approach is allowed, and the reach
is not over an obstruction, the maximum high side reach is
54 inches; if it is over an obstruction which is no more than
24 inches wide and 34 inches high, the maximum high side reach
is 46 inches.
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| 4. Are status information and cues that
are provided in a visual manner also available in an audible
manner for persons with visual impairments? |
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| 5. For fax machines, does the machine provide
line status information (such as notifying the user of a "busy"
fax line) in a visual manner (either text display or status
lights) for users who are deaf or hard of hearing? |
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| 6. Is the force required to operate or
active controls no greater than 5 lbf? |
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| 7. Can users confirm their selections?
For instance, if a person has limited fine motor control,
such as a person who has a palsy, it is helpful for him or
her to have the opportunity to confirm selections -- such
as "number of copies" selected -- before the operation begins.
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| 8. Are controls and operating mechanisms
operable with one hand and operable without tight grasping,
pinching, or twisting of the wrist? |
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| 9. Is there a headphone jack for accessing
information by users of assistive listening systems? |
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| 10. Are instructions and all information
for use accessible to and independently usable by persons with
vision impairments, such as with recorded information or Braille
labels and directions? |
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| 11. Are there alternate operating mechanisms
for persons who cannot use push-style controls?
Ex. For instance, are there alternative methods of control
-- such as voice activation -- for routine tasks?
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12. After you have evaluated this equipment using the Checklist,
have users with a wide variety of disabilities test it for accessibility.
Describe the accessibility successes and problems they encountered
during these exercises, including your plans for addressing any
problems: [space provided for answer]
1. For persons with disabilities, additional copies
of this document are available on computer disk and in alternate
formats including large print, Braille, and audio cassette, by calling
the U.S. Department of Justice at the following numbers:
1-202-305-8304 (voice)
1-202-353-8944 (TTY)
1-800-514-0301 (voice)
1-800-514-0383 (TTY)
Alternate format copies for persons with disabilities
may also be requested via e-mail to:
sec508.questions@usdoj.gov
This document is available on the Section 508
Home Page of the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice:
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508
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