Definitions

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For purposes of this subchapter:

  1. (1) “Access” means the ability to receive, use, and manipulate data and operate controls included in information technology;

  2. (2) “Blind or visually impaired individual” means an individual who:

    1. (A) Has a visual acuity of twenty/two hundred (20/200) or less in the better eye with correcting lenses or has a limited field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees (20°);

    2. (B) Has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration; or

    3. (C) Has a medically diagnosed limitation in visual functioning that restricts the individual's ability to read and write standard print at levels expected of individuals of comparable ability;

  3. (3) “Covered entity” means the state or any state-assisted organization;

  4. (4) “Information technology” means all electronic information processing hardware and software, including telecommunications;

  5. (5) “Nonvisual” means synthesized speech, braille, and other output methods not requiring sight;

  6. (6) “Reasonably available” means developed and available for purchase for a price as provided in this subchapter from:

    1. (A) The vendor that provided the product that is to be used by visual users; or

    2. (B) Another vendor if the technology is available from more than one (1) vendor in the marketplace;

  7. (7) “State” means the state or any of its departments, agencies, public bodies, or other instrumentalities;

  8. (8) “State-assisted organization” means a college, nonprofit organization, person, political subdivision, school system, or other entity supported in whole or in part by state funds; and

  9. (9) “Telecommunications” means the transmission of information, images, pictures, voice or data by radio, video, or other electronic or impulse means.


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