Hi, It is the URL of the website, not the direct link for signing the petition. Please do send.
On 6/24/13, David Richards <drvvrj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Access Indian Bharat, thanks a lot for your well-informed feedback, > Access Indians can better visit global consumer campaigning website at > http://www.change.org and read the petition in its entirety and can sign the > petition. > Regards. > David Richards. > > > Sent from my Nokia phone > -----Original Message----- > From: Bharat > Sent: 24/06/2013 1:00:04 pm > Subject: Re: [AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the > visually-challenged community > > David, > > Accessibility with Google is more than a lost cause! It just isn't > their priority. > > Also, I guess, you forgot to include the link with your message > > > > On 6/24/13, David Richards <drvvrj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Dear all Access Indians, Software giant Google has been petitioned by >> J.P. >> Shandra, a blind user, to make each of its products accessible for people >> with visual disabilities. The petition, posted on global consumer >> campaigning site Change.org, identifies that the company is failing to >> keep >> up with its competitors on accessibility. While Google has made >> significant >> steps towards improving the accessibility of some of its applications, >> including Gmail and Chrome, Shandra says Google fails to integrate the >> needs >> of vision-impaired users into its product development. Shandra identifies >> the social network Google+ as an example of a product which has been >> released to the public with inaccessible buttons and form fields. >> "Vision-impaired community is tired of hearing accessibility features are >> coming in updates. They must be there from the very beginning. Stop >> treating >> your vision-impaired customers as second-class citizens," said Shandra in >> the petition's description. "Moreover, stop treating them like they don't >> exist at all. We have the right to live a productive life like everyone >> else," Shandra asserted. Conversely, Apple incorporates the accessibility >> into the development of its devices and software, making its products the >> first choice of the most blind and vision-impaired users the world-over. >> "Apple designs their products with accessibility in mind right from the >> start. Even if the execution isn't perfect, the intention was clearly >> there," Shandra remarked. According to the World Health Organization, >> there >> are 285 million blind/vision-impaired people worldwide. This represents a >> significant market which Google is failing to reach. At the time of >> writing >> the petition on Wednesday, 22 May 2013, it had 125 signatures backing >> Shandra's representation, but many more are needed to exert pressure on >> Google to change its policies. If so many of us want to prove ourselves >> as >> champions for the cause of accessibility, let's not hesitate to carry the >> torch for our rights of accessibility and back Shandra by signing the >> petition to Google. >> Warm regards. >> David Richards. >> >> >> Sent from my Nokia phone >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility >> of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >> visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. 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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.. > -- Akhilesh Dahiya, Advocate. Mobile: +91 9818798780 Email: akhil.akhi...@gmail.com New Delhi Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. 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