----- Original Message ----- From: "George Abraham" <geo...@eyeway.org> To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled.'" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 3:36 PMSubject: Re: [AI] For Millions of Indians with Disabilities making online payments is tough call
Rightly said! I see it as an opportunity for us to push for access to all financial services including all websites, apps etc.-----Original Message-----From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Leikhu Laishram LeingakpaSent: 07 December 2016 14:03To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] For Millions of Indians with Disabilities making online payments is tough callDear all Of course every blind or visually impaired are not literate or tech sabby. This is the case with the non-disabled people too. Moreover cashless is not going to happen overnight. But there are many among us who are familiar with cashless system and can use without any difficulty. So the debate should be how to make the system accessible and how to remove the administrative bottleneck and proper implementation of the programmes and policies. Just take the instances of denial of ATM card and cheque facilities by various bank branches. Leikhu Laishram On 12/7/16, Ajay Minocha <ajayminoc...@gmail.com> wrote:Hey George sir,I completely agree but my main concern is the denial towards embracing thechange by those who are teck literate. Regards, Ajay Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.comOn December 7, 2016 7:11:32 AM "George Abraham" <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:Ajay, The point is well made. But the point to be noted is that millions of blind people in India are not computer/tech literate. Most banking facilities areinaccessible and many banks still do not easily provide banking facilitiesto blind people. Alongside pushing the cashless system, it is important toempower the blind individual, and make accessible the tools of the cashlesseconomy and banks have to start engaging with blind customers. The switchis not quite that simple. This cashless economy makes it all the more critical that Digital India becomes accessible. Regards, George -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Ajay Minocha Sent: 06 December 2016 23:54To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.Subject: Re: [AI] For Millions of Indians with Disabilities making onlinepayments is tough call Hi sir, Let’s not debate on the advantages and disadvantages of cash and without cash payment systems. As an academician, it’s your responsibility to see the positive side of the fast and ever-changing society and impart that knowledge to your students. I still remember that example shared on our own list regarding the introduction of computers in government organisations. Though there are people who are happy to have a free lunch at their workplace but there also exists a bunch of individuals who have achieved spectacular growth in their careers using the same technology. Go to the office environment of 20/25 years ago and you wouldn’t be able to imagine a blind person at a post higher than a typist/ telephone operator. According to me, every big change comes with a pain but the pain is worth it at the end. I have no intentions of arguing with a senior member but as a list member I feel that a right message must be given to the younger generation who considers this list to be the primary source of information. Regards, AjayOn 12/6/16, Chandrashekhar Kulkarni <kulkarni.chandr...@gmail.com> wrote:Dear list memberss, A very interesting and close to heart topic in the present circumstances. According to me the problem is more severe for totally blind persons. Today there is a loud cry for going in for paperless currency, but has the government really thought about the needs of differently abled persons or the Hon. Prime Minister and his ministry really think that Divyang persons have a Divyang which takes them out of any problems? The Government must think of persons like us not only from the point of view of accessibility but also from safety and security. Sincerely, C. B. Kulkkarni On 06/12/2016, Shyam M. Sayanekar <sayane...@gmail.com> wrote:Ok Ajay, you say it is half full and I will say it is half empty. It iseasy to quote proverbs and sayings, but practical difficulties do not get solved by quoting proverbs. You need not accept my views if you disagree with them. Just last month 32 lakh debit cards had to be called off. We hear severalcases of the ATM cards getting stuck in the machine. We also hear aboutthepeople getting robbed through their credit and debit cards. If it is thecase with the sighted people, how difficult it can be for the visually impaired. Yours, professor Shyam M. sayanekar. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ajay Minocha" <ajayminoc...@gmail.com> To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled." <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 12:23 AM Subject: Re: [AI] For Millions of Indians with Disabilities making online payments is tough callHi,It intirely depends on us if we want to see it half empty or half full.On 12/5/16, Shyam M. Sayanekar <sayane...@gmail.com> wrote:A very good and factbased article. In fact a lot of discussion on thisissue should be unddertaken. Further, the risk factor involved in cashlesstransactions with regard to the VI also has to be taken into account. Non-availability of network, the phones getting out of range are alsoother issues. Professor Shyam M. Sayanekar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sruti disAbility Rights Centre" <sruti.d...@gmail.com>To: "Dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobilephones and Tabs." <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2016 3:49 PMSubject: [AI] For Millions of Indians with Disabilities making onlinepayments is tough call*http://globalaccessibilitynews.com/2016/11/23/for-millions-of-indians-with-disabilities-making-payments-online-is-tough-call/ <http://globalaccessibilitynews.com/2016/11/23/for-millions-of-indians-with-disabilities-making-payments-online-is-tough-call/>* *BANGALORE, INDIA:* Booking cabs, buying food and making payments online seem like they’re just a swipe and a tap away, but for millions of Indians with disabilities, these apps are not designed for them to use. According to a study conducted by Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) last month, many of the most-commonly used mobile apps for food delivery, online payments, grocery shopping and transportation were not accessible to people with vision disabilities. The study covered 22 apps. The 2011 census puts the number of people with disabilities in the countryat 26 million, while advocacy groups say the real figure is closer to150 million. Last year, India recorded nearly nine billion downloads of mobile-based applications last year.“The national policy for universal electronic accessibility says thatall 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 somekey government mobile based applications like My Gov, EPathshala 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 governmentwebsites laid out accessibility standards in 2009. The 2013 nationalpolicy 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 wascompletely accessible to the disabled. The others had mis-labelled orunlabeled buttons and graphics.When it came to food delivery, Zomato was the best at replicating theuser experience for people with disabilities. Swiggy and Foodpanda were difficult for new users, and Freshmenu was completely inaccessible.Of the marketplace apps, Amazon and Snapdeal were the only accessibleones. Myntra and Flipkart had incorrectly labelled buttons and misleading graphictags, which made them impossible for people with disabilities 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 people with disabilities 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 aremore 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, cofounder of grocery delivery service Grofers, saidtheir app meets all accessibility requirements. “However, the disability tools provided by Google Play Store or the App Store often don’t benefit the userand are hard for them to use. We are trying to make it better. Thingslike online payments won’t be accessible to people with disabilities 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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