For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) “Access” means the ability to receive, use, and manipulate data and operate controls included in information technology;
(2) “Blind or visually impaired individual” means an individual who: Has a visual acuity of twenty/two hundred (20/200) or less in the better eye with correcting lenses or has a limited field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees (20°);
(3) Has a medically indicated expectation of visual deterioration; or
(4) Has a medically diagnosed limitation in visual functioning that restricts the individual's ability to read and write standard print at levels expected of individuals of comparable ability;
(5) “Covered entity” means the state or any state-assisted organization;
(6) “Information technology” means all electronic information processing hardware and software, including telecommunications;
(7) “Nonvisual” means synthesized speech, braille, and other output methods not requiring sight;
(8) “Reasonably available” means developed and available for purchase for a price as provided in this subchapter from: The vendor that provided the product that is to be used by visual users; or
(9) Another vendor if the technology is available from more than one (1) vendor in the marketplace;
(10) “State” means the state or any of its departments, agencies, public bodies, or other instrumentalities;
(11) “State-assisted organization” means a college, nonprofit organization, person, political subdivision, school system, or other entity supported in whole or in part by state funds; and
(12) “Telecommunications” means the transmission of information, images, pictures, voice or data by radio, video, or other electronic or impulse means.