The University of California, Merced, announced that it has launched an Internet accessibility technology solution that ensures compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements and expands the reach and convenience of UC Merced websites.
The University of California system includes 10 UC campuses that offer undergraduate and graduate education: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz.
UC Merced is the first university in the UC system to adopt the technology, which it will launch in partnership with AudioEye and implement campus-wide, according to a press release from the company.
AudioEye solution provides accesibility tools for internet users with conditions ranging from blindness, partial vision loss, color perception deficiencies, deaf, hard of hearing, impaired mobility or dexterity in their hands, cognitive conditions such as dyslexia, and other impaired senses common in older individuals, according to the company. The company focuses on providing tools unique to each impairment on a single platform.
The new technology will bring the school into compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, which is among a set of recently updated laws that now require the websites of all colleges, universities and schools to be accessible to individuals with disabilities.
