Electronic Information Resources (EIR)

Accessible Electronic Information Resources (EIR) are designed to support access that does not depend on a single sense or ability and can be used in a variety of ways.

1 TAC §213.1(5) Electronic Information Resources - Includes information technology and any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment, that is used in the creation, conversion, or duplication of data or information. The term electronic and information resources includes, but is not limited to, telecommunications products (such as telephones), information kiosks and transaction machines, World Wide Web sites, multimedia, and office equipment such as copiers and fax machines. The term does not include any equipment that contains embedded information technology that is used as an integral part of the product, but the principal function of which is not the acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information.

All electronic information resources addressed. . .must meet the Texas accessibility standards for Electronic Information Resources, which comply with the applicable specifications for state agencies contained in 1 TAC Subchapter B, §213.10 - §213.16. Specific requirements for telecommunications products, multimedia content, and software are addressed in other sections of this policy manual.                      

Per Electronic Information Resources Accesibility Policy--Texas Facilities Commission