From: FedScoop
The cloud could be causing accessibility issues for disabled federal employees, a NIST report finds.
By Jeremy Snow
The federal push into cloud computing could be setting back disabled employees dependent on certain accessibility programs, according to a new National Institute of Standards and Technology report.
When agencies migrate to the cloud, many computer-based disability programs like speech recognition or Braille output devices cease to function, according to the draft NIST special publication Cloud Computing and Accessibility Considerations.
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