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Please contact Jean Baronas of Sony Electronics Inc. by email: jean.baronas@am.sony.com.
 

September 11, 2003

Sony has developed the following Summary and Detailed Reports of Accessibility Information for select products.  We hope that this information will be helpful to U.S. Government purchasers as they make purchasing decisions in light of the requirements of Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act. 

The following Summary Report sets forth each of the major categories from the accessibility standards of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (36 CFR Part 1194) and denotes which of these standards we feel is applicable to each Sony product and, in turn, which are supported by features of the Sony product.  The Detailed Report delineates each of the specific "Electronic and Information Accessibility Standards" set forth in the Board's standards and explains the specific features of the Sony product that support particular standards.

The Sony® Digital Instrumentation Recorders DIR™ -1000 series contains numerous accessibility features as described on the following pages.
 
Sony® Digital Instrumentation Recorder DIR™ -1000 Series Product Accessibility Information Summary Report
508 Category Total Standards Applicable Standards Supported
Software Applications and Operating Systems
 (1194.21)
12 4 4
Telecommunications Products
 (1194.23)
15 3 3
Desktop and Portable Computers
 (1194.26)
4 1 1
Functional Performance Criteria
 (1194.31)
6 2 2
Information, Documentation and Support
 (1194.41)
3 3 3
Total 45 13 13

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1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems - Sony® Digital Instrumentation Recorder DIR™ -1000 Series
(for applicable provisions only)
Standard Supporting Features Comments
(b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other products that are identified as accessibility features, where those features are developed and documented according to industry standards. Applications also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system that are identified as accessibility features where the application programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented by the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the product developer.
The application does not affect any industry-adopted accessibility features.

 
(d) Sufficient information about a user interface element including the identity, operation and state of the element shall be available to assistive technology. When an image represents a program element, the information conveyed by the image must also be available in text. Information about user interface, which is a series of control push buttons, is made available.

 
(i) Color coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element. All push button controls do not use color coding to convey information, or to prompt actions, or to distinguish visual elements.
 
(k) Software shall not use flashing or blinking text, objects, or other elements having a flash or blink frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. All push button controls blink less than 2Hz.
 

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1194.23 Telecommunications Products - Sony® Digital Instrumentation Recorder DIR™ -1000 Series
(for applicable provisions only)
Standard Supporting Features Comments
(k.1) Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys shall comply with:
Controls and keys shall be tactilely discernible without activating the controls or keys.

Controls and keys are tactilely discernable without activating the controls or keys.

 
(k.2) Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys shall comply with:
Controls and keys shall be operable with one hand and shall not require tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist. The force required to activate controls and keys shall be 5 lbs. (22.2 N) maximum.
Controls, keys and latches require less than 5 pounds of force to actuate; are operable with one hand and require no bending or fine motor skills.
 
(k.4) Products which have mechanically operated controls or keys shall comply with:
The status of all locking or toggle controls or keys shall be visually discernible, and discernible either through touch or sound.
Locking or toggle keys and controls have LED indications.  

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1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers - Sony® Digital Instrumentation Recorder DIR™ -1000 Series
(for applicable provisions only)
Standard Supporting Features Comments
(a) All mechanically operated controls and keys shall comply with §1194.23 (k) (1) through (4).

Refer to 1194.23 (k.1, k.2, k.4)

 

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1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria - Sony® Digital Instrumentation Recorder DIR™ -1000 Series
(for applicable provisions only)
Standard Supporting Features Comments
(c) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user hearing shall be provided, or support for assistive technology used by people who are deaf or hard of hearing shall be provided. No user hearing is required


 
(f) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require fine motor control or simultaneous actions and that is operable with limited reach and strength shall be provided. Controls, keys and latches require less than 5 pounds of force to actuate, are operable with one hand, and require no bending or fine motor skills.

Controls and keys are tactilely discernable without activating controls or keys.

 

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1194.41 Information, Documentation and Support - Sony® Digital Instrumentation Recorder DIR™ -1000 Series
(for applicable provisions only)
Standard Supporting Features Comments
(a) Product support documentation provided to end-users shall be made available in alternate formats upon request, at no additional charge. Product documentation is provided with the unit and is available via the support Web site to be used by screen readers, or printed by Braille embossers.
 
(b) End-users shall have access to a description of the accessibility and compatibility features of products in alternate formats or alternate methods upon request, at no additional charge. Every effort is made to provide support services in a manner that will accommodate the communication needs of end-users with disabilities.
 
(c) Support services for products shall accommodate the communication needs of end-users with disabilities. Every effort is made to provide support services in a manner that will accommodate the communication needs of end-users with disabilities.
 

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