accessibility policies and strategies at global level introduction to korean government ict...
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Accessibility policies and strategies at global level
Introduction to Korean government ICT accessibilities Policy R&D project
Prof. Jung, Bong-Keun ([email protected])
Soonchunhyang University
Global ICT accessibility research center
Asan, South Korea
Global ICT accessibility research at Soonchunhyang University, South Korea
• SCH - Global ICT accessibility research center
2014 ITU Pleniopotentiary confer-ence, Busan, South Korea
Resolutaion 175 (Busan, 2014)
• 2014. 12. 3 ITU mandate ICT accessibility and access to ICTs for persons with disabilities • http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Digital-Inclusion/Documents/
Resolutions/Resolution175_PP_BUSAN_14.pdf• The Plenipotentiary Conference of the International
Telecommunication Union (Busan, 2014),
ICT accessibility research Trend in South Korea • The South Korean government has been conducting accessibility re-
search since 2005 (Legislation, Policy, Mandate for web accessibility certification including government agencies and private stakeholders) • Top ITU index for household ICT accessibilities • Government authorities has ben transferred from the Ministry of Public
Administration and Security to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Fu-ture Planning (in 2013) • Korea Communication Commission is under the Ministry• The first government funding research on ICT accessibility policy and
implementation (NO.1711026762) 2015 “Research for investigating global policy and technology trend on ICT accessibility for vulnerable social group”
Research Purpose
• Drawing Future Agenda for ICT accessibility by investi-gating policies on information accessibility and technol-ogy trends in developed and developing countries – In-ternational level • Making suggestions on possible alternatives to current
polices for enhancing ICT accessibility
Research Methods
• Investigating current ICT accessibility related policies of Korea and several countries of interest (Especially de-veloped countries and a few Asian countries, such as, Japan, China, Thailand and Philippines), its structural limitation and identifying problems.• Gathering information on technology trend to tackle is-
sues with ICT accessibility (mainly in the area of broad-casting, telecommunication, mobile and web accessibil-ity)
Expected outcome
• Presenting current status of policies in ICT accessibility • Drawing implications on the pros and cons of policies
(mainly in the area of broadcasting, telecommunication, mobile and web accessibility) and technology trend in foreign countries• Providing long term vision for policy decision and sug-
gesting possible alternatives to current polices
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Case
• Preparation of Mobile Application Accessibility Guideline• Submitted legislation to adopt new mandate for mobile
application accessibility • Review from government agencies, academic, DPO, pri-
vate stakeholders• Decision make to adopt new law or change the law
Government Agencies
NGO Working Group
Legislation Rec-ommended by
Congress
Review from government de-partment, agen-cies, academic,
DPO, private stakeholders
Change law and prepare new pol-icy for ICT acces-
sibilities
Mobile ApplicationAccessibility Guidelines 2.0 (In Process) This standard describes the methods of develop-ing mobile application which everyone, including persons with disabilities and the elderly, can ac-cess.Especially, this standard helps mobile application developers, designers and providers make mobile application accessible.• This standard describes recommendations(18 items) that improve the accessibility of mobile application. Also, this standards provides devel-opment methods and actual cases considering accessibility guidelines
Mobile Application Accessibility Guideline 2.0 (Items) • 1 Alternative Text • 2. Caption or sign language • 3. Color • 4. Contrast • 5 Clear indications• 6. Alert• 7. Focus • 8. Touch and Tap • 9. Timing adjustable
10. Pause and Stop11. Control Target Size and spacing12. Input assistance13. User Interface Consis-tency14. Flickering15. Audio control16. Predictable17. Global Font Setting 18.. Interoperability with as-sistive technology (AT)
