Elderly and disabled Europeans could be left out of the Informati...
Elderly and disabled Europeans could be left out of the Information Society unless information and communications technologies (ICT) become more accessible, the European Commission (EC) said Thurs. It urged member states to work together to push e-accessibility and encourage…
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industry to use ICTs. Rather than proposing legislation, however, the EC said it would explore avenues to more access with users, industry and standards bodies via 3 policy levers: (1) Enhancing the consistency of accessibility requirements in ICT public procurement contracts. (2) Exploring potential benefits of certification schemes for accessible products and services. (3) Exploiting existing laws’ e-accessibility potential. The Commission said the U.S. and Japan are in front on e-accessibility -- the U.S., by mandating federal govt. purchase of electronic and IT products and services that meet accessibility standards, Japan by building ICT accessibility requirements into standards.