[Athen] Fwd: Request for Comment on Petition for Extension of ACS Accessibility Waiver for E-Readers

[Jennifer Sutton]

Fyi, for Any ATHENites who've not already seen this.


>From: AccessInfo <AccessInfo at fcc.gov>

>Subject: Request for Comment on Petition for Extension of ACS Accessibility

>  Waiver for E-Readers

>Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:44:18 +0000

>

>Comment Deadline:  October 27, 2014

>Reply Comment Deadline:  November 5, 2014

>

>On September 26, 2014, the FCC released a Public Notice requesting 

>comment on a petition filed by the Coalition of E-Reader 

>Manufacturers for an extension of the waiver for basic e-readers 

>from the FCC's rules requiring equipment used for advanced 

>communications services (ACS) to be accessible by people with 

>disabilities.  The current waiver, granted by the FCC on January 28, 

>2014, was for one year, and expires on January 28, 2015.

>

>The Coalition now seeks an ongoing extension of this waiver for 

>basic e-readers.  The Coalition states that, although access to ACS 

>is available through the e-reader browser, e-readers are 

>single-purpose reading devices that consumers use for accessing 

>text-based works (i.e., reading), not for other purposes, such as ACS.

>

>Links to the Public Notice:

>Word: 

><https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1403A1.docx>https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1403A1.docx

>PDF: 

><https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1403A1.pdf>https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1403A1.pdf

>Text: 

><https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1403A1.txt>https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1403A1.txt

>

>Link to the Coalition petition for an extension of the waiver:

><http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7521827908>http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7521827908

>

>Links to the January 28, 2014 FCC order that granted a waiver until 

>January 28, 2015:

>Word: 

><https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-95A1.docx>https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-95A1.docx

>PDF: 

><https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-95A1.pdf>https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-95A1.pdf

>Text: 

><https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-95A1.txt>https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-95A1.txt

>

>For further information, please contact Eliot Greenwald at (202) 

>418-2235 or <mailto:Eliot.Greenwald at fcc.gov>Eliot.Greenwald at fcc.gov; 

>or Rosaline Crawford at (202) 418-2075 or 

><mailto:Rosaline.Crawford at fcc.gov>Rosaline.Crawford at fcc.gov.

>

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