I respectfully disagree. There are many organisations who have enough time. 
Funding can be generated if knowledge and willingness is there. 

Regards,
Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu
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> On 23-Nov-2016, at 10:59, bhawani shankar verma <bsvermad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> most of them have no time and money for the purpose sir!
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: li...@srinivasu.org
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 10:14 AM
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning 
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] Most apps inaccessible for disabled
> 
> 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.
>>>> 
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>>>> 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. It'll be a while before we reach their level," he said.
>>>> 
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