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1227 of 1999 required the Arkansas Department of Information
Systems to develop Non-visual Standards for Arkansas that ensures
the needs of Arkansans who are blind or visually impaired are
met through reasonable accommodation in the information technology
products and services of the state. Information technology products
and services include data, voice, and video technologies, as
well as information dissemination methods such as the Internet.
In essence,
this means that Arkansas Government or state funded entities
must have websites that are equally accessible to blind or
visually impaired visitors. For instance, websites must provided
text equivalents for all non-text elements such as images,
animation, audio and video. We will make every effort to comply
with these new guidelines on the State of Arkansas website.
If you have trouble accessing or navigating state government
pages, please contact info@ark.org.
For more
information about IT policies and standards in Arkansas, link
to the State of Arkansas Accessiblity
Standards. For information regarding web site development
specific to the State of Arkansas, link to the Technology
Investigation Center' Standards for Equivalent Access.
For detailed information about web site development and accessibility
issues, link to W3C
Web Content Guidelines or the Center
for Applied Special Technology (CAST).
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