Giant Leap & a Big Deal: Delivering on the Promise of Equal Access to Broadband for People with Disabilities OBI Working Paper Series no. 2

摘要

;Contents: Overview; Today's Barriers (Inaccessible Hardware, Software and Services, Inaccessible Web Pages, New Media Applications and Video Programming on the Web, Assistive Technologies that are Expensive, not Interoperable with the Latest Technologies, and Difficult to Find, Physical Barriers in Libraries and Other Community-Based Organizations); Ongoing Private Sector and Government Efforts to Address the Barriers (Ongoing Industry Innovation , Ongoing Collaborative Efforts, Ongoing Government Efforts); Gaps in Current Efforts (Improve Implementation and Enforcement of Existing Accessibility Laws, Gather and Analyze More Information about Disability-Specific Broadband Adoption Issues, Coordinate Accessibility Policy and Spending Priorities, Update Regulations, Update Subsidy Programs and Ensure the Availability of Needed Training and Support, Update the Approach to Accessibility Problem Solving); The National Broadband Plan's Blueprint for Accessibility (Broadband Accessibility Working Group, Accessibility and Innovation Forum., Modernizing Accessibility Laws, Rules and Subsidy Programs); Conclusion .