[nfbwatlk] FCC's Accessibility Clearinghouse

[Becky Frankeberger]

The FCC's Accessibility Clearinghouse is a Congressionally-mandated web
repository of information about accessible communications products and
services. It is mandated by the 21st Century Communications and Video
Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA), which also requires the FCC to promote
this resource to the public. The Accessibility Clearinghouse includes
information on the following topics: 

* accessibility features of mobile phones,

* accessibility contacts at telecommunications and advanced communications
services companies,

* free assistive apps for various computing platforms, and

* organizations implementing the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution
Program (NDBEDP).

To enable more flexible and targeted use of Clearinghouse information, the
FCC has released a software development kit (SDK) that makes custom
programming of inquiries to the database relatively easy with a free,
popular language called Python. Python-based apps can query the
Clearinghouse based on an application programming interface (API).
Clearinghouse Information may be selectively filtered and combined with data
from other sources as mashups. Views of information may be created that
differ from the presentation on the Clearinghouse website, thereby tailoring
value for particular constituencies or devices.

Related links:

Accessibility Clearinghouse

www.fcc.gov/accessibilityclearinghouse 

Blog post on the Clearinghouse SDK

www.fcc.gov/blog/fcc-releases-software-development-kit-accessibility-clearin
ghouse 

Source code of the Clearinghouse SDK

www.github.com/FCC/clearinghouseSDK 

Demo of the Clearinghouse SDK

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pk0igOFmqY 

For additional information, please contact Jamal Mazrui, Deputy Director,
FCC's Accessibility and Innovation Initiative: jamal.mazrui at fcc.gov
<mailto:jamal.mazrui%40fcc.gov> 
<mailto:jamal.mazrui at fcc.gov <mailto:jamal.mazrui%40fcc.gov> > or
202.418.0069.