- From: Marti <marti@agassa.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 04:51:44 -0500
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
From another list - The following was in a response from a webmaster at a US fed Gov site after a complaint - Anybody think that is what 508 really meant to do? Marti > forms accessible and will continue to use the Adobe Portable >Document Format until another solution is available. These forms, however, >are excluded from the current section 508 requirements. Specifically, >section 1194.22(n) of the regulations, published on December 22, 2000, >states that: > >"When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall >allow people using assistive technology to access the information, field >elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the >form, including all directions and cues." > >As our forms cannot and are not intended to be completed online, they are >currently not covered by the regulations.
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