[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR1194.24]

[Page 535]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
 CHAPTER XI--ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
 
PART 1194--ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS--
Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B--Technical Standards
 
Sec. 1194.24  Video and multimedia products.

    (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.
    (b) Television tuners, including tuner cards for use in computers, 
shall be equipped with secondary audio program playback circuitry.
    (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.
    (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.
    (e) Display or presentation of alternate text presentation or audio 
descriptions shall be user-selectable unless permanent.