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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 accessibility policies
and non-visual standards, link to Shared
Information Architecture. 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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