Policies, Legislation, and Initiatives to Promote Access to ICTs for People with Hearing and/or Speech Impairment
| Published Date | October 2018 |
|---|---|
| Type of Publication | Reports |
| Publication Under | SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE), Telecommunications and Information Working Group (TELWG) |
| Accessed | 4641 |
| Pages | 24 |
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Description
This paper catalogues how APEC economies provide assistance to the hearing and/or speech impaired, the legislation in place to provide this support and the initiatives that encourage industry to consider accessibility in the development of information and communication technologies (ICTs). It further provides a summary of trends in policies, legislation, and initiatives in consideration of the findings in the study.