I very much first doubt the accessibility of their own app, let alone the buildings and other public utilities...
On 02/03/2021, Kanchan Pamnani <kanchanpamn...@gmail.com> wrote: > New Delhi: > > The government is all set to launch the "Sugamya Bharat App" - a > crowdsourcing mobile application on Tuesday enabling persons with > disabilities and others to register complaints if they find a public space, > utility or building inaccessibile. People will be able to also upload > photographs of such spaces and geo-tag the location of the premises for > seeking onground intervention. > > The application developed by the department of empowerment of persons with > disabilities (DEPwD) under the ministry of social justice and empowerment > will enable registered users to not only access information related to the > guidelines and provisions on accessible buildings, transport and > infratructure under the Accessible India Campaign and other related issues > but they will also be able to raise their concerns related to > accessibility. > The users will be notified at the time of resolution and closure of their > complaints. > > In a bid to make the process inclusive, officials said that the app has > been > equipped with sign language interpretation demonstrating the process of > registration and uploading complaints with photographs. Other features > enabling persons with disabilities include font size adjustment, color > contrasting option, text to speech and an integrated screen reader in Hindi > and English. The app will be available in 10 regional languages, namely, > Hindi, English, Marathi, Tamil, Odiya, Kannada, Telugu, Gujarati, Punjabi > and Malayalam. > > Times View: As per the 2011 census, about 2.7 crore or 2.2% of India lives > with disability. Unofficial estimates suggest the number could be much > higher. Yet many buildings, both government as well as private, are > inaccessible to them. A crowd-sourced mobile app can help mitigate the > situation. It will act as a tool to spread information on the subject to > the > concerned officials. Hopefully, it will also lead to disabled-friendly > renovation of such buildings. > > > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/003a01d70f67%24e74b0320%24b5e10960%24%40gmail.com. > -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CANJnwVGPFpCGtW9CQQDbme0mj_nr2OUg%3DDLeD%2BK1tst3P1Doow%40mail.gmail.com.
