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Requirements for Presentation Materials

The following are requirements to ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities.

The product/service/components shall:

Best Practices

1. Best practice-194 — All material should be available in multiple formats. This includes but is not limited to ASCII text file, Braille, large print and audio format. See the "Manager's Guide to Multiple Formats" for more information.
2. Best practice-195 — Presentation material such as overhead and computer presentation slides should be clear, large print and in "point form". Lettering and objects should be in at least a 70% contrast with the background. Images and charts should be described orally during the presentation or available in alternative format. Choice of font should be Helvetica or other fonts that have no thin lines as part of the letter.
3. CHS-209 — A Sign Language Interpreter should be provided when necessary.
Canadian Hearing Society
4. CHS-210 — A notetaker who types the oral content of a presentation should be provided when necessary. The typed translation is projected onto a screen simultaneous to the presentation.
Canadian Hearing Society

Section 508 Technical Standards

1. 508—1194.24Video and multimedia products or components:
2. 508—1194.24 (d) — All training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain visual information necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be audio described.
3. 508—1194.24 (e) — Display or presentation of alternate text presentation or audio descriptions shall be user-selectable unless permanent.

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