Accessibility

The Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee is committed to making every page on its World Wide Web server accessible to the widest possible audience, including people who have visual disabilities and are using screen-reading software; and to ensuring that every page meets or exceeds the requirements of section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Many of the documents on our web server are in HTML or plain-text (ASCII) formats. Pages in these formats are usually accessible to screen-reading software. Some documents may be in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF), a type that reproduces the exact look of a printed page. PDF documents are displayed through Adobe's free Acrobat Reader but may require additional steps to become accessible to screen readers.

Download Adobe's free Acrobat Reader

Reading Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) Files

PDFs found on this site may be accessible to some screen readers (except for some complex formatting, including graphics and some tables). We are following software developments and will make all elements of PDF documents accessible to screen readers as soon as possible.

If a PDF is not accessible to your screen reader, you can use a free translation service provided by Adobe through their Access Web Pages, which will translate PDFs to web pages (HTML documents) or to plain text (again except for some complex formatting).

The paragraphs below describe the use of Adobe's translation service and how to obtain paper copies of PDF documents that are on the Board's web site.

The Adobe service can be used in one of two ways:

• At the web site of the service, the user can fill out a form, giving the address of the document to be translated. When the form is submitted, the service will translate the PDF document to a web page and return it immediately to the user. Instructions
• At the web site of the service, the user can send an e-mail message, giving the address of the document to be translated. The service will then translate the document, but in this case the user can choose to have the document translated either to a web page or to plain ASCII text. Only this method will provide translation to plain text. Instructions