[AI] Meeting with national informaticDirector Center (NIC) general
Dear all, Hope all are doing well. I am schedule to meet with Director General (NIC) on Sep24, 2014 and was hoping to reach out to you for your input. 1. do you think that would this meeting be beneficial in terms of solving our accessibility issues of various government sights maintained and designed by NIC. 2. what are some of issues with regards to accessibility that I could possibly discuss with DG sir? 3. what are some quick solutions we could offer which they may consider implementing immediately. I am firm believer that working with key government official may result in solutions which we desire. Thanks and request you to provide feedback on above questions. Asif 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. 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..
Re: [AI] Meeting with national informaticDirector Center (NIC) general
Dear Mr. Asif, This could be a good platform to communicate our concerns and possibly an initiating point for further constructive action. While possible solutions could be suggested for some specific things, it would be a one time activity and would limit the scope of what could be achieved. I would suggest that we propose for the following for a sustainable solution. 1. Sensetization of the software development teams towards the needs of various kinds of users who may be using the software differently. 2. Making the accessibility guidelines readily available to the development teams, including WCAG 2.0 standards, customized presentations or guidelines for specific projects, etc. 3. If there is any software acceptance benchmark then compliance to WCAG 2.0 could be included in that. Besides these points following could also be communicated. 1. If needed, we can prepare and provide accessibility guidelines in a quick-to-refer format form that could cover most commonly used things in software development and common mistakes. 2. If needed, we can work together with the development teams or whoever designs and defines the software designs and policies, to arrive at a solution to various issues with minimum possible impact for them in terms of effort. We definitely have some technically competent people around who may be willing to be part of this initiative, if NIC decides to give it some attention. I would be happy to discuss any of the points further, if needed. Thanks. Alok - Original Message - From: "Mohammed Asif iqbal" To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.'" Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 2:53 PM Subject: [AI] Meeting with national informaticDirector Center (NIC) general Dear all, Hope all are doing well. I am schedule to meet with Director General (NIC) on Sep24, 2014 and was hoping to reach out to you for your input. 1. do you think that would this meeting be beneficial in terms of solving our accessibility issues of various government sights maintained and designed by NIC. 2. what are some of issues with regards to accessibility that I could possibly discuss with DG sir? 3. what are some quick solutions we could offer which they may consider implementing immediately. I am firm believer that working with key government official may result in solutions which we desire. Thanks and request you to provide feedback on above questions. Asif 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. 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.. 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. 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..
Re: [AI] Meeting with national informaticDirector Center (NIC) general
Hello, I would strongly suggest that entire text in all GOV websites should be 100% unicode compliant. these include: downloadable circulars, school books, sample papers and so on. this single action will automatically pave the way to make available the stuff in such an acsessible format, where a screen reader or a speech engine can help us to read in hindi or in all those indian languages, where ever, speech engines are available but, not the unicode compliant text. thanks and regards, Keshav. -- From: "Mohammed Asif iqbal" Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 2:53 PM To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerningthedisabled.'" Subject: [AI] Meeting with national informaticDirector Center (NIC) general Dear all, Hope all are doing well. I am schedule to meet with Director General (NIC) on Sep24, 2014 and was hoping to reach out to you for your input. 1. do you think that would this meeting be beneficial in terms of solving our accessibility issues of various government sights maintained and designed by NIC. 2. what are some of issues with regards to accessibility that I could possibly discuss with DG sir? 3. what are some quick solutions we could offer which they may consider implementing immediately. I am firm believer that working with key government official may result in solutions which we desire. Thanks and request you to provide feedback on above questions. Asif 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. 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.. 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. 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..
Re: [AI] Meeting with national informaticDirector Center (NIC) general
Issue of captcha code in websites,compliance of wcag guidelines, accessibility of Android apps etc are few other issues. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Keshav Kumar Sent: 17 September 2014 19:38 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Meeting with national informaticDirector Center (NIC) general Hello, I would strongly suggest that entire text in all GOV websites should be 100% unicode compliant. these include: downloadable circulars, school books, sample papers and so on. this single action will automatically pave the way to make available the stuff in such an acsessible format, where a screen reader or a speech engine can help us to read in hindi or in all those indian languages, where ever, speech engines are available but, not the unicode compliant text. thanks and regards, Keshav. -- From: "Mohammed Asif iqbal" Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 2:53 PM To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerningthedisabled.'" Subject: [AI] Meeting with national informaticDirector Center (NIC) general > Dear all, > Hope all are doing well. > I am schedule to meet with Director General (NIC) on Sep24, 2014 and > was hoping to reach out to you for your input. > 1. do you think that would this meeting be beneficial in terms of > solving our accessibility issues of various government sights > maintained and designed by NIC. > 2. what are some of issues with regards to accessibility that I could > possibly discuss with DG sir? > 3. what are some quick solutions we could offer which they may > consider implementing immediately. > I am firm believer that working with key government official may > result in solutions which we desire. > Thanks and request you to provide feedback on above questions. > Asif > > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing > accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acc > essindia.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. 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.. > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.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. 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.. 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. 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..
Re: [AI] Meeting with national informaticDirector Center (NIC) general
On 17/09/2014, Mohammed Asif iqbal wrote: > Dear all, > Hope all are doing well. > I am schedule to meet with Director General (NIC) on Sep24, 2014 and was > hoping to reach out to you for your input. Dear all I would like to draw your attension to a very frequent problem that we face in many Govt department websites which in my opinion could be solved easily. Many circulars and other documents of public importance are just scanned and uploaded in image format which is not readable by screen readers. Conversion to text is not always 100% perfact. I think the logic behind this practice is to have the document signed by the competant authority. But as we are gradually moving towards paperless office its becoming irrelevant and could be done away with. Example of RBI site could be put forward which is very much accessible whose circulars are always uploaded in searchable text. Thanks and regard Robert> 1. do you think that would this meeting be beneficial in terms of solving > our accessibility issues of various government sights maintained and > designed by NIC. > 2. what are some of issues with regards to accessibility that I could > possibly discuss with DG sir? > 3. what are some quick solutions we could offer which they may consider > implementing immediately. > I am firm believer that working with key government official may result in > solutions which we desire. > Thanks and request you to provide feedback on above questions. > Asif > > > > > 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. 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.. > 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. 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..
Re: [AI] Meeting with national informaticDirector Center (NIC) general
hi, 1. Alternate of scanned documents. Agencies can put both scanned and digital document proclaiming that the digital format is an unofficial copy and for the official recognition, one can take the scanned documents. Thus, accessibility is met and formal recognition is also fulfilled. 2. The great hurdle on accessibility on many site is due to the use of the non-unicode texts. Responsible official can issue an strict directive for all agencies to upload the documents written in unicode encoding. On 9/18/14, Robert Ch Sangma wrote: > On 17/09/2014, Mohammed Asif iqbal wrote: >> Dear all, >> Hope all are doing well. >> I am schedule to meet with Director General (NIC) on Sep24, 2014 and was >> hoping to reach out to you for your input. > Dear all > > I would like to draw your attension to a very frequent problem that we > face in many Govt department websites which in my opinion could be > solved easily. Many circulars and other documents of public importance > are just scanned and uploaded in image format which is not readable by > screen readers. Conversion to text is not always 100% perfact. > > I think the logic behind this practice is to have the document signed > by the competant authority. But as we are gradually moving towards > paperless office its becoming irrelevant and could be done away with. > Example of RBI site could be put forward which is very much accessible > whose circulars are always uploaded in searchable text. > > Thanks and regard > Robert> 1. do you think that would this meeting be beneficial in terms > of solving >> our accessibility issues of various government sights maintained and >> designed by NIC. >> 2. what are some of issues with regards to accessibility that I could >> possibly discuss with DG sir? >> 3. what are some quick solutions we could offer which they may consider >> implementing immediately. >> I am firm believer that working with key government official may result >> in >> solutions which we desire. >> Thanks and request you to provide feedback on above questions. >> Asif >> >> >> >> >> 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. 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.. >> > > > > 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. 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.. > -- Him Prasad Gautam Kathmandu, Nepal 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. 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..
Re: [AI] Meeting with national informaticDirector Center (NIC) general
Hi, Please sensitize the NIC personnels about the difficulty faced by VI community in solving Captcha and urge them to either remove or use some alternate ways. As you are aware that even web visum has stopped their service of captcha solving these days this captcha solving has become big challenge in independent use of even accessible web contents for VI community. If they don't have any alternate accessible ways at present then suggest them to begin a web visum like service for all such NIC websites which use captcha because audio captcha are not clear most of the time. Thanks, Jyotsna On 9/18/14, Robert Ch Sangma wrote: > On 17/09/2014, Mohammed Asif iqbal wrote: >> Dear all, >> Hope all are doing well. >> I am schedule to meet with Director General (NIC) on Sep24, 2014 and was >> hoping to reach out to you for your input. > Dear all > > I would like to draw your attension to a very frequent problem that we > face in many Govt department websites which in my opinion could be > solved easily. Many circulars and other documents of public importance > are just scanned and uploaded in image format which is not readable by > screen readers. Conversion to text is not always 100% perfact. > > I think the logic behind this practice is to have the document signed > by the competant authority. But as we are gradually moving towards > paperless office its becoming irrelevant and could be done away with. > Example of RBI site could be put forward which is very much accessible > whose circulars are always uploaded in searchable text. > > Thanks and regard > Robert> 1. do you think that would this meeting be beneficial in terms > of solving >> our accessibility issues of various government sights maintained and >> designed by NIC. >> 2. what are some of issues with regards to accessibility that I could >> possibly discuss with DG sir? >> 3. what are some quick solutions we could offer which they may consider >> implementing immediately. >> I am firm believer that working with key government official may result >> in >> solutions which we desire. >> Thanks and request you to provide feedback on above questions. >> Asif >> >> >> >> >> 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. 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.. >> > > > > 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. 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.. > 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. 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..
Re: [AI] Meeting with national informaticDirector Center (NIC) general
Dear Sir, The complete guidelines for making web content accessible laid by w3 consortium could be found at http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ However in general if some simple things are considered while creating a website, it would become accessible to a grater extent 1. Choosing a content management system that supports accessibility. 2. Using headings correctly to organize the structure of the content 3. Including proper alt text for images 4. Giving links unique and descriptive names. 5. Using color with care. 6. Designing forms for accessibility by giving proper names to name attribute and labels. 7. Using tables for tabular data, not for layout. 8. Ensuring that all content can be accessed with the keyboard alone in a logical way by considering the flow of division tags. 9. Using ARIA roles and landmarks. 10. Making dynamic content accessible. This can easily be done by usin ARIA Roles and some accessible front end design frameworks. The accessibility of a webpage could be checked at http://validator.w3.org/ I hope this would help. Thanks and Regards, Ajay Sharma 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. 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..
