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16C.145 NONVISUAL TECHNOLOGY ACCESS STANDARDS.
(a) The commissioner shall develop nonvisual technology access standards. The standards
must be included in all contracts for the procurement of information technology by, or for the
use of, agencies, political subdivisions, and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The
University of Minnesota is encouraged to consider similar standards.
(b) The nonvisual access standards must include the following minimum specifications:
(1) that effective, interactive control and use of the technology including the operating
system, applications programs, prompts, and format of the data presented, are readily achievable
by nonvisual means;
(2) that the nonvisual access technology must be compatible with information technology
used by other individuals with whom the blind or visually impaired individual must interact;
(3) that nonvisual access technology must be integrated into networks used to share
communications among employees, program participants, and the public; and
(4) that the nonvisual access technology must have the capability of providing equivalent
access by nonvisual means to telecommunications or other interconnected network services used
by persons who are not blind or visually impaired.
(c) Nothing in this section requires the installation of software or peripheral devices used
for nonvisual access when the information technology is being used by individuals who are not
blind or visually impaired.
History: 1998 c 366 s 27; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 54

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