Hi Amar, If I am not wrong, our tax submission portal is an government website.
According to India | Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) - W3C <https://www.w3.org/WAI/policies/india/>, all the Indian government websites must be WCAG 2.0 Level A compliant. And, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/> defines how to make Web content more accessible to people with disabilities. Accessibility involves a wide range of disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological disabilities. Although these guidelines cover a wide range of issues, they are not able to address the needs of people with all types, degrees, and combinations of disability. These guidelines also make Web content more usable by older individuals with changing abilities due to aging and often improve usability for users in general. It is mentioned in the Guidelines for Indian Government Websites manual <https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3c92a10324374fac681719d63979d00fe/uploads/2020/03/2020032611.pdf> that the guidelines are based on the recommendation of W3c. And, Introduction to Web Accessibility - W3C <https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-intro/#:~:text=Web%20accessibility%20means%20that%20websites,contribute%20to%20the%20Web> clearly states that, The Web is fundamentally designed to work for all people, whatever their hardware, software, language, location, or ability. When the Web meets this goal, it is accessible to people with a diverse range of hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive ability. Hope this helps. Thanks and regards, Amena On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 11:42 AM Amar Jain <amarj...@amarjain.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > > We have a case going on for inaccessibility of our tax submission portal. > The vendor is Infosys, and the problem is that only those issues that we > are highlighting are getting resolved and comprehensive audit is not being > done due to commercial reasons. > > > Further, there seems to be hard coding for NVDA, as the portal is > reasonably functional with NVDA and not with Jaws. The lack of audit is > also leaving behind persons with other disabilities. > > > The argument of the vendor is that it is because of the architecture of > the portal which is why NVDA will be the only screen reader which should be > used for maximum functionality. Second argument is more legal in nature, > which is to say that current Indian standards only restrict testing with > NVDA which we can work around. > > > We need to prove to the Court that a comprehensive WCAG conformance is > technology independent and irrespective of the technology that people use, > a comprehensive conformance will ensure widest accessibility possible. > > > Is there any document which backs-up this statement and is there any > precedent where comprehensive audit has been asked by way of a court order? > > > In nutshell, I need to convince the court that a comprehensive audit is > the only way to go, and a comprehensive conformance to WCAG will not > produce different results with different technologies in terms of > accessibility. > > > Your valuable inputs will be greatly appreciated before September 22. > > > Regards, > > Amar Jain > > -- > 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/de33a88814ec591ea363f8ad60a22ad1%40amarjain.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/de33a88814ec591ea363f8ad60a22ad1%40amarjain.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAJK5M9-BKv00Q3RqmFo_GXTXC%3DAu5oQnnOhOJeFXx_B0n6P4sw%40mail.gmail.com.
