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Part 8, Chapter 20: Manual Exhibit 8-20-F

Video and Multi Media Products Checklist

Video or Multimedia Title/Product Name: _______________________________________________

Tester Name: ______________________________________ Phone: (___) __________________

Tester Signature ____________________________________ Date: ______________________

Fully Compliant (FC):  All instances fully meet the standard as defined below
Non-Compliant (NC):  All instances did not meet the standard
Partially Compliant (PC):  Partially met and requires further explanation
Not Applicable (N/A):  Standard is not applicable to this application
Not Tested (NT):  Standard was not tested

Compliance is defined as meeting the requirement set forth in the Section 508 Technical Standards 36 CFR Part 1194Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov .

Any item not rated as fully compliant needs an explanation in detail as to why the standard was not met.  Enter the ID number and an explanation in the space provided at the end of the checklist.

ID
36 CFR Part 1194.24:  Standards & Criteria Checklist Questions
FC
PC
NC
N/A
N/T
1 Television displays

(a)  All analog television displays 13 inches and larger, and computer equipment that includes analog television receiver or display circuitry, shall be equipped with caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD signals. As soon as practicable, but not later than July 1, 2002, widescreen digital television (DTV) displays measuring at least 7.8 inches vertically, DTV sets with conventional displays measuring at least 13 inches vertically, and stand-alone DTV tuners, whether or not they are marketed with display screens, and computer equipment that includes DTV receiver or display circuitry, shall be equipped with caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD signals.

(a.1) Are all analog television displays 13 inches and larger, and computer equipment that includes analog television receiver or display circuitry, equipped with caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcasts, cable, videotape, and DVD signals?
              
   (a.2) Are widescreen digital television (DTV) displays measuring at least 7.8 inches vertically, DTV sets with conventional displays measuring at least 13 inches vertically, and stand-alone DTV tuners, whether or not they are marketed with display screens, and computer equipment that includes DTV receiver or display circuitry, equipped with caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD signals?               
2 Television tuners

(b)  Television tuners, including tuner cards for use in computers, shall be equipped with secondary audio program playback circuitry.

Are television tuners, including tuner cards for use in computers, equipped with secondary audio program playback circuitry?
              
3 Captioning

(c)  All training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain speech or other audio information necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be open or closed captioned.

(c.1) Are all training and informational video and multimedia productions (which support the agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain speech or other audio information necessary for the comprehension of the content) open or closed captioned?
              
4 Audio description

(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.

(d.1) Are 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) audio described?
              
5 User control

(e) Display or presentation of alternate text presentation or audio descriptions shall be user-selectable unless permanent.

(e.1) Is the display or presentation of alternate text presentation or audio description user-selectable unless permanent?
              

Enter the ID number and a detailed explanation for any Non-Compliant (NC), Partially Compliant (PC), Not Applicable (N/A), or Not Tested (NT) results from above.

ID
Explanation
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Application Results:

___Fully Compliant ___Partially Compliant ___Non-Compliant ___ Not Applicable ___ Not Tested