I completely agree. Right stakeholders should take up as part of their advocacy initiatives.
Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone > On 23-Nov-2016, at 00:56, Ajay Minocha <ajayminoc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Its on you if you see it half empty or half full. Though I agree few > of the apps are really unmanageable but situation is certainly getting > better. If the world has to accommodate us then we should also deal > with it with pacience, Bashing isn't the only solution. > Regards, > Ajay > >> On 11/21/16, Mahendra Galani <gal...@chello.at> wrote: >> here in Austria, or in Europe, government apps are disabled friendly, >> however private ones are almost 95 % not. >> >> At 07:05 AM 11/21/2016 +0000, you wrote: >>> Most popular apps inaccessible to millions of disabled, says study >>> Arpita Raj >>> | TNN | Nov 21, 2016, 06.25 AM IST >>> (Representative image) >>> (Representative image) >>> BENGALURU: Booking cabs, buying food and making >>> payments online seem like they're just a swipe >>> and a tap away, but for millions of disabled Indians, these >>> apps are not designed for them to use. >>> >>> According to a study conducted by >>> Centre for Internet and Society >>> last month, many of the most-commonly used >>> mobile apps for food delivery, online payments, >>> grocery shopping and transportation were not accessible to >>> the visually challenged. The study covered 22 apps. >>> >>> The 2011 census puts the number of disabled in >>> the country at 26 million, while advocacy groups >>> say the real figure is closer to 150 million.Last year, >>> India recorded nearly nine billion downloads of >>> mobile-based applications last year. >>> >>> "The national policy for universal electronic >>> accessibility says that all IT products and >>> services should be accessible. However, the government is still >>> unable to implement it. Several government apps are inaccessible," said >>> Nirmita Narasimhan, >>> policy director at CIS. CIS's survey of some key >>> government mobile based applications like My >>> Gov, E Pathshala and Prime Minister >>> Narendra Modi >>> 's official app found them to be severely >>> lacking. The illiterate, aged and those not >>> proficient in English would also struggle with the apps, the study >>> found. The guidelines for government websites >>> laid out accessibility standards in 2009. The >>> 2013 national policy on universal electronic accessibility >>> clearly upholds equal rights "ensuring that >>> accessibility standards and guidelines and >>> universal design concepts are adopted and adhered to." >>> >>> However, most commonly-used apps fail to follow >>> this. All 22 of the apps studied were privately >>> owned but not all were fully compliant with universal standards. >>> Of taxi-hailing apps Meru, Ola and Uber, only >>> Uber was completely accessible to the disabled. >>> The others had mis-labelled or unlabeled buttons and graphics. >>> >>> list of 2 items >>> Travel at peace with ICICI's travel insuranceICICI Lombard >>> New Fiat Punto - Get benefits up to ₹ 40,000*Fiat Punto >>> list end >>> Recommended By Colombia >>> >>> When it came to food delivery, Zomato was the >>> best at replicating the user experience for >>> disabled people. Swiggy and Foodpanda were difficult for new >>> users, and Fresh menu was completely inaccessible. >>> >>> Of the marketplace apps, Amazon and >>> Snapdeal >>> were the only accessible ones. Myntra and >>> Flipkart >>> had incorrectly labelled buttons and >>> misleading graphic tags, which made them >>> impossible for the disabled to use. For instance, customers would be able >>> to select the product they wanted to buy but had >>> no way of choosing the quantity, the study said. >>> Online grocery delivery apps Grofers and Zop Now were >>> hard for the disabled to use, while Big Basket >>> was relatively better though pages change during >>> orders. Online payment portals Paytm, Oxigen and FreeCharge >>> were relatively accessible, the study found. >>> >>> "Designers, developers and industries need to >>> realize that there are more people out there who >>> use this technology .The market is much bigger and they >>> should work towards being inclusive," said Narasimhan of CIS. >>> >>> Albinder Dhinda, co founder of grocery delivery >>> service Grofers, said their app meets all >>> accessibility requirements. "However, the disability tools provided >>> by Google Play Store or the App Store often >>> don't benefit the user and are hard for them to >>> use. We are trying to make it better. Things like online payments >>> won't be accessible to the disabled as those >>> apps are supported by third party sites, and >>> don't fall within our settings. We're trying to make it better.We're >>> three years behind the US, in the playground >>> they made. 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