New Hampshire

New Hampshire’s Web and Mobile Application Accessibility Standards require all state agencies to comply with Section 508 to be accessible to everyone.

To meet Section 508 provisions, an agency’s Web site must conform to the following:

• Providing a text equivalent for every non-text element (e.g., via “alt”, “longdesc”, or in element content) is required.

• Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation must be synchronized with the presentation.

• Web page design requires that all information conveyed with color is also available without color – from context or markup, for example.

• Server-side image maps require redundant text links for each active region.

• Providing client-side image maps instead of server-side image maps is required except in situations where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape.

• Row and column headers for data tables must be identified.

• Associate data and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers must utilize markup.

• Frame identification and navigation will be facilitated with titled frames.

• Design of pages must avoid causing the screen and/or graphics to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz (between 2Hz and 55Hz).

• If a web site cannot comply with the provisions of these standards, utilize a text-only page with equivalent information or functionality to make a site in compliance. Updating the content of the text-only page must occur whenever the primary page changes.

• When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script will identify with functional text that assistive technology can read.

• When a page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with the provisions of this standard.

• Electronic forms designed for completion on-line must allow people using assistive technology to access the information, field elements and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues.

• Providing a method that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links is required. • When a timed response is required, the user receives a signal/alert and the sufficient time allocated to the user to indicate more time is required.