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Requirements for Web Streaming Media
The following are requirements to ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities.
The product/service/components shall:
Section 508 Technical Standards
1. 508—1194.22 — Web-based intranet and internet information and applications:
2. 508—1194.22 (b) — Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation.
3. 508—1194.22 (j) — Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.
4. 508—1194.22 (l) — When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by assistive technology.
5. 508—1194.22 (m) — When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with 1194.21(a) through (l)
6. 508—1194.24 — Video and multimedia products or components:
7. 508—1194.24 (c ) — All training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain audio information necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be open or closed captioned.
8. 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.
9. 508—1194.24 (e) — Display or presentation of alternate text presentation or audio descriptions shall be user-selectable unless permanent.
