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<h3><span style="font-size:14.5pt">EDF RELEASED A TOOLKIT FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE STANDARD ON ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGIES</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since 2005, EDF has been involved in the development of the European Commission Mandate 376 to develop <b>the first European Standard on accessibility requirements for ICT products and services</b>. In February 2014, this standard was adopted
and published, and recently the European Standardisation Organisations launched an <b>online toolkit</b> to support its implementation. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:start">Despite some problems, this is a complex but useful standard that contains the technical specifications <b>to ensure equal access for persons with disabilities to different technologies such
as websites, emails, documents, books, videos, communication devices, ATM’s, self-service machines, digital devices.</b> Therefore, <b>EDF has prepared a manual explaining why this standard is important, for whom, what it includes, and how you can promote
its use.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:start"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://cms.horus.be/files/99909/MediaArchive/EDFltoolkitEN301549_FINAL.doc">Find the toolkit here</a> <a href="http://cms.horus.be/files/99909/MediaArchive/EDFltoolkitEN301549_FINAL.doc">http://cms.horus.be/files/99909/MediaArchive/EDFltoolkitEN301549_FINAL.doc</a></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:start">Contact: <a href="mailto:alejandro.moledo@edf-feph.org">alejandro.moledo@edf-feph.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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