[AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the visually-challenged community

2013-06-24 Thread manjunatha.vl0
Hi,



This link work fine for me. I have signed this petition successfully.

http://www.change.org/petitions/google-include-accessibility-in-all-products

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Re: [AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the visually-challenged community

2013-06-24 Thread Padmanabham

this link is not working.
- Original Message - 
From: "David Richards" 

To: "akhilesh" 
Cc: 
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the 
visually-challenged community



Dear all Access Indians, as most of our members are passionate on signing 
the petition to Google, here's the direct link of web-page: 
http://www.change.org/petitions/google-include-accessibility-in-all-products-2#intro

Regards.
David Richards.


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-Original Message-
From: akhilesh
Sent:  24/06/2013 4:27:36 pm
Subject:  Re: [AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the 
visually-challenged community


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  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  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.


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Re: [AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the visually-challenged community

2013-06-24 Thread David Richards
Dear all Access Indians, as most of our members are passionate on signing the 
petition to Google, here's the direct link of web-page: 
http://www.change.org/petitions/google-include-accessibility-in-all-products-2#intro
 
Regards.
David Richards.


Sent from my Nokia phone
-Original Message-
From: akhilesh
Sent:  24/06/2013 4:27:36 pm
Subject:  Re: [AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the 
visually-challenged community

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  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  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
>>
>>
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Re: [AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the visually-challenged community

2013-06-24 Thread srinivas.karnati

he did a good job. could you please send me the link.
- Original Message - 
From: "David Richards" 

To: 
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 11:12 PM
Subject: [AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the 
visually-challenged community



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.


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Re: [AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the visually-challenged community

2013-06-24 Thread akhilesh
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  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  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
>>
>>
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Re: [AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the visually-challenged community

2013-06-24 Thread David Richards
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  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
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Re: [AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the visually-challenged community

2013-06-24 Thread Bharat
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  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:
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[AI] A petition to Google on accessibility from the visually-challenged community

2013-06-23 Thread David Richards
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 treat
 ing 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.


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