Multimedia and Telecommunication Accessibility Standards

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) approved a number of standards for the ever important and rich elements of multimedia including audiovisual content for the persons with disabilities. Such standards are intended for people with vision and hearing impairments. Table 6 lists some of the important standards that also comply with WCAG. They cover wide range of ICT services related to e-accessibility in general and not just Web accessibility: They include television content delivery, Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) systems, Internet via (fixed or mobile) broadband networks. Also, multimedia and other ICT issues such as e-publishing, social collaborating platforms are covered as well.

Table 6. Multimedia Guidelines, Standards and Definitions

Standard	Covering	Standard	Covering
ITU-T H.702 (11/2015)^[29]	Guidelines for Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) systems accessibility	ITU-T FSTP-AM (2015) ^[30]	Accessing Audiovisual meetings
ITU-T F.921 (08/2018) ^[31]	Audio navigation system for people with vision impairment	ITU-T H-series Supplement 17 \| ISO/IEC Guide 71 (2014) ^[32]	Addressing Audiovisual accessibility in standards
ITU-T F.930 (03/2018) ^[33]	Multimedia telecommunication relay services	ITU-T FSTP-ACC-RemPart (2015) ^[34]	Remote Audiovisual Meeting and other meeting requirements

Source: ITU