Kentucky Department of Education : Accessibility

Accessibility

Published: 10/3/2016 12:59 PM

The Kentucky Department of Education is committed to equal opportunities for all people and making its electronic and information technologies accessible to individuals with disabilities by meeting or exceeding the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended in 1998. Section 508 is a federal law that requires agencies to provide individuals with disabilities equal access to electronic information and data comparable to those who do not have disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency. The Section 508 Standards are the technical requirements and criteria that are used to measure conformance within this law. More information on Section 508 and the technical standards can be found at http://www.section508.gov/summary-section508-standards.

Here are a few software options for screen readers:

ChromeVox is available as an extension for Google Chrome on Windows and Mac OS and comes built into Chrome OS to provide out of box accessibility. For more information on ChromeVox, click here.

JAWS, Job Access With Speech, is the world's most popular screen reader, developed for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen content or navigating with a mouse. JAWS provides speech and Braille output for the most popular computer applications on your PC. For more information on JAWS, click here.

Intuitive by design, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch also come with assistive features that allow people with disabilities to experience the fun and function of iOS. With these innovative technologies built right in, iOS devices become powerful and affordable assistive devices. If you are blind or have low vision, you can use VoiceOver, an advanced screen reader, to get the most from your iOS device. And Siri and Dictation help you type, launch apps, and read your calendar. For more information on these assistive features, click here.

We have made every effort to make this entire website fully accessible to people with disabilities. Even so, we understand that some of our site content may not achieve that goal. For that reason, we offer to make anything that is found on our website available in alternative formats upon request. To request an alternative format of any of our web pages, or to suggest accessibility improvements, please contact the administrator of this site using the contact information below.

If you wish to report an issue related to the 504 accessibility of any content on a Kentucky Department of Education website, including a complaint about the accessibility of a webpage, document, form, or other content, you may do so in any of the following ways:

1. Complete the form included in the 2016 Consolidated Compliance Plan found at http://education.ky.gov/Pages/disclaimers.aspx on KDE’s website. Please include the web address or URL along with a detailed description of the problems you have encountered.

2. Email KDE’s Compliance Coordinator, Anitra Williams, at anitra.williams@education.ky.gov. Please include the web address or URL along with a detailed description of the problems you have encountered.

3. Submit written correspondence to:

Compliance Coordinator
Anitra Williams, Human Resource Administrator
Division of Resource Management
Kentucky Department of Education
300 Building, Sower Boulevard
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

In your correspondence, please include the web address or URL along with a detailed description of the problems you have encountered.