Hence we are concerned about ensuring access today and improving upon access in the future. In general, we support the proposed standards for accessibility standards. Title 1 of the ADA lists factors to be considered in determining whether a particular action would result in an undue burden. AG Bell is not supportive of the factors that the Access Board has proposed to use in evaluating undue burden as we believe they will not encourage agencies or providers to press for accessible technology. In fact, we believe that the language in the NPRM is such that it will lead Federal agencies to ignore the requirement that they purchase accessible technology.
Cellular telephones are a substantial and growing market with enormous profits to the industry.
Compatibility and accessibility will fall by the wayside if the standards do not push industry to address access issues at the front end. We are concerned that the outcome from these potentially important standards will be minimal if we do not develop more encouraging guidance and more fairly define undue burden. Web Site Accessibility . Standards developed apply to web sites that are developed by a Federal agency or under contract to a Federal agency. This element is crucial to deaf and hard of hearing people to ensure that captioning is always provided if audio content is utilized.