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This International Standard provides requirements and recommendations for accessibility of personal computer hardware, to be used when planning, developing, designing and distributing these computers. Some requirements or recommendations in this International Standard require software support. NOTE 1 While the main targets of these requirements and recommendations are personal computers, as conventionally understood, the requirements and recommendations in this International Standard can also be applied to assist with (but not necessarily fully cover) the accessibility needs of other devices (e.g. mobile devices such as personal digital assistants and cell phones) with extended computing capabilities. In the same way, the requirements and recommendations in this International Standard can also be applied to assist with (but not necessarily fully cover) the accessibility needs of the hardware aspects of peripheral devices (e.g. keyboards, mice, visual displays, etc.) that are intended to be connected to personal computers. While this International Standard does not cover the behaviour of, or requirements for, assistive technologies it does address connectivity of assistive technologies as an integrated component of interactive systems. Requirements and recommendations that solely focus on software are not included in this International Standard. NOTE 2 Requirements and recommendations for software accessibility are specified in ISO 9241-171. NOTE 3 High level requirements and recommendations for ICT accessibility are specified in ISO 9241-20.