Joon-Ho Hyun Policies and Activities on Increasing ICT Accessibility in Korea National Information Society Agency(NIA) Joon-Ho Hyun ([email protected])[email protected]

Joon-Ho Hyun

Policies and Activities on Increasing Policies and Activities on Increasing

ICT Accessibility in KoreaICT Accessibility in Korea

Policies and Activities on Increasing Policies and Activities on Increasing

ICT Accessibility in KoreaICT Accessibility in Korea

National Information Society Agency(NIA)

Joon-Ho Hyun

([email protected])

Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Mainstreaming ICT AccessibilityAsia-Pacific Regional Forum on Mainstreaming ICT Accessibility

for Persons with Disabilities(25 August, 2009)for Persons with Disabilities(25 August, 2009)

Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Mainstreaming ICT AccessibilityAsia-Pacific Regional Forum on Mainstreaming ICT Accessibility

for Persons with Disabilities(25 August, 2009)for Persons with Disabilities(25 August, 2009)

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1. Introduction 1. Introduction – aging population– aging population1. Introduction 1. Introduction – aging population– aging population

Korea is considered the fastest aging population in the world

- 10.3% of entire population is older than 65 years old in 2008

Classification 1997 2000 2006 2007 2008

Total population 45,954 47,008 48,297 48,456 48,607

# of over 65 years old

2,929 3,395 4,586 4,810 5,016

Ratio of the over 65 years old population

6.4% 7.2% 9.5% 9.9% 10.3%

Table: Number of over 65 years old in Korea (October, 2008)

Unit : thousand, %

※ Source : Korea National Statistical Office, 2008 Statistics on Aging, 2008.10

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1. Introduction 1. Introduction – people with disabilities– people with disabilities1. Introduction 1. Introduction – people with disabilities– people with disabilities

People with disabilities has increased annually

- Registered people with disabilities was 2,137,226 in 2008

- 53.0% of people with disabilities is physical disabled

- Hearing/Speech is 10.4%, Visual is 10.3%

Table: Number of registered people with disabilities

by types of disability in Korea (March, 2008)Unit : person

Classification Total Physical VisualHearing/Speech

Mentally Others

# of registered PWD

2,137,226 1,132,116 220,061 222,486 140,079 422,484

※ Source : Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Statistics on registered people with

disabilities, 2008.3

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1. Introduction 1. Introduction – digital divide– digital divide1. Introduction 1. Introduction – digital divide– digital divide

The rate of Internet usage depended on disability, age,

income and job

- 51.8% of people with disabilities used internet

Table: Internet usage of the underprivileged in Korea(2004-2008)

※ Source : Ministry of Public Administration and Security & Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity

and promotion, 2008 Digital Divide

Classification 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

People with disabilities 34,8 41.0 46.6 49.9 51.8

The elderly(Over 50+) 19.3 22.5 28.3 34.1 35.6

Low-income 38.4 44.2 48.4 52.8 54.6

Farmers & Fishermen 16.9 23.0 29.4 33.4 35.2

Total Population 70.2 72.8 74.8 76.3 77.1

Unit : %

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1. Introduction 1. Introduction – web accessibility– web accessibility1. Introduction 1. Introduction – web accessibility– web accessibility

※ Source : Ministry of Public Administration and Security & Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity

and promotion, 2008 Web Accessibility Annual Survey

The rate of compliance of web accessibility standards has

increased since 2005

- Lower-level local government

Exhibit: Web accessibility Annual Survey(2008)

Unit : 100 Scale

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2. Law and regulations on ICT accessibility2. Law and regulations on ICT accessibility - Overview of ICT accessibility in Korea- Overview of ICT accessibility in Korea2. Law and regulations on ICT accessibility2. Law and regulations on ICT accessibility - Overview of ICT accessibility in Korea- Overview of ICT accessibility in Korea

National Informatization Act(2009)Korea Disability Discrimination Act (2007)

Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS)

Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS)

National InformationSociety Agency

(NIA)

National InformationSociety Agency

(NIA)

Law & Regulation

Policy

Chairman : Prime Minister

Representatives from Government,

Academy & Private Institutes

Chairman : Prime Minister

Representatives from Government,

Academy & Private Institutes

National Informatization Strategy Committee

National Informatization Strategy Committee

Key Actors

Key Actors

Advisory Group

Administrative branches of the Government

Administrative branches of the Government

2nd Master Plan(2006-2010) for Closing the Digital Divide

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2. Law and regulations on ICT accessibility2. Law and regulations on ICT accessibility2. Law and regulations on ICT accessibility2. Law and regulations on ICT accessibility

Overview of National Informatization Act (enacted 2009)

Major provisions on ICT accessibility

- Providing ICT access and usage for PWDs and the elderly

· Governmental agencies should keep web accessibility standard

· Making ICT accessibility guidelines

- Providing Assistive Technology and ICT for PWDs

- Promoting IT access environment for PWDs and elderly people

- Providing IT Learning Opportunities for the underprivileged

- Establishing “National Information Society Agency(NIA)”

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Overview of Korea Disability Discrimination Act(enacted 2009)

Major provisions

- Providing Information Access Rights

- Providing reasonable accommodations in IT and communication

- Defining the role of the governmental agencies

- Web accessibility obligations (2009 ~ 2015 years)

· 2009 : Government Agencies and their Subsidiary, etc..

· 2011 : University and College, Major hospitals, etc..

· 2013 : Private Corporation, etc..

· 2015 : Culture & Art Corporation

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Recommendable Guidelines to improve accessibility for the disabled

and the elderly to the IT services and IT product (2002. 1)

- Chapter 1 : General rules

- Chapter 2 : Design Guidelines on the Functions of IT Products/IT Services

- Chapter 3 : Guideline Recommendation on Web Documents

RegulationRegulation

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3. ICT accessibility policies and activities3. ICT accessibility policies and activities3. ICT accessibility policies and activities3. ICT accessibility policies and activities

Developing and

Supplying ATs for PWDs

Developing and

Supplying ATs for PWDs

Conducting

Research

Conducting

Research

Developing ICT

Accessibility Standards

Developing ICT

Accessibility Standards

Operating

ICT Accessibility

Forum

Operating

ICT Accessibility

Forum

Increasing

Awareness

Increasing

Awareness

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Supporting to develop assistive technologies in order to exchange

pure technologies for products since 2004

- 20 products were developed (Magnification, screen reader, etc.)

Supplying the assistive devices such as screen reader, Braille

display, etc.. (Government Subsidy 80%)

- 20,160 PWDs had earned subsidy to buy ATs

Developing AT exhibition websites (http://at4u.or.kr/)

Developing and Supplying ATs for PWDs1

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Operating ICT accessibility forum since 2002

- Purpose: To promote accessibility to ICT products and services

through sharing of relevant information among developers,

scholars, advocacy groups in this fields

Operating ICT Accessibility Forum2

Information and telecommunicationsAccessibility Promotion Standards Forum (IABF)

Information and telecommunicationsAccessibility Promotion Standards Forum (IABF)

Steering CommitteeSteering Committee

PolicyDivision

PolicyDivision

Information &Telecommunication

Division

Information &Telecommunication

DivisionWeb Accessibility

Division

Web AccessibilityDivision

Advisory CommitteeAdvisory Committee

http://www.iabf.or.kr/

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Developing ICT accessibility standards since 2005

- National Standards : Web & ATM(Automatic Teller Machine)

Developing ICT accessibility standards3

Type Standard/Guideline Date

National

Standard

Internet Web Content Accessibility Guideline Dec. 2005

Automatic Teller Machine Accessibility Guideline 1.0 Oct. 2007

Internet Web Contents Accessibility Guidelines

- Composition : 4 Basic Principles 14 Checkpoints

- Reference Guidelines : Section 508 1194.22 & W3C WAI WCAG ∮

1.0 & W3C WAI WCAG 2.0 Draft Version(2003. 6)

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Type Standard/Guideline Date

Korea Telecommuni

cations Technology Association

(TTA)

Korean Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 Dec. 2006

Digital Audio Books Guideline 1.0 Dec. 2006

Software Accessibility Guideline 1.0 Dec. 2006

Korean User Agents Accessibility Guideline 1.0 Oct. 2006

Electronic Document Accessibility Guideline 1.0 Dec. 2007

Mobile Phone Keypads Accessibility Guideline 1.0 Dec. 2007

The Standard for DTV Closed Caption System Aug. 2007

AD 2D Barcode for the People with Visual Impairment Aug. 2008

2D Barcode Specification for Printed Material Accessibility with Text-to-Speech for the People with Visual Impairment Aug. 2008

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Conducting Survey on people with disability's computer and

internet usage every year

Investigating the status of web and IT products’ accessibility

compliance (Computer, ATMs, Cellular Phone, etc..)

- Conducting survey on awareness of web accessibility

Operating Initial projects on Telecommunication Relay Service for

the hearing impaired

Conducting research on ubiquitous accessibility, S/W accessibility

Conducting Research on ICT Accessibility4

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Classification 2005 2006 2007 2008

# of agencies of evaluation 77 79 326 503

Average score(Total : 100) 72.2 81.8 79.8 81.0

Table: Web accessibility Annual Survey(2005-2008)

Exhibit: Survey on awareness of web accessibility(2003, 2006)

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Operating web accessibility education programs for public

servants and web developers

Increasing Awareness of ICT Accessibility5

Developing Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools

- 2003 : “A-Prompt” Korean Version

- 2005 : KADO-WAH(Web Accessibility Helper)

Classification 2005 2006 2007 2008

# of participants of educational programs

226 1,234 1,342 2,491

Table: web accessibility educational programs since 2005

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Operating web accessibility certification programs since 2007

- Blue House got a web accessibility certification in 2008

Holding campaigns and seminars about ICT accessibility

Cooperating with UN-ESCAP, Microsoft, TRACE Center, etc..

in order to increase ICT accessibility

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4. Conclusion4. Conclusion4. Conclusion4. Conclusion

Law and regulations are essential to improve ICT accessibility

- Korea Disability Discrimination Act will be very helpful

Continue to develop ICT accessibility standards

- Accessibility standards on specific products and services such as

Mobile, IPTVs, etc.. is a key

- Accessibility should be considered early stage on development

Cooperation with ICT corporations and PWD’s advocacy groups is

very crucial to improve ICT accessibility

Strong international cooperation

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National Information Society Agency(NIA)

Joon-Ho Hyun

([email protected])

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