RE: [AI] About Accessibility at workplace

2022-02-16 Thread pranav.lal
Kriya, 1. As this is my first job, I am not sure how much demanding I should be. > Ex: my work would be mostly on data. Should I ask for jaws or can i simply > use freely available nvda? PL] This is dependent on company policy. Many companies do not allow the use of open source software. If

Re: [AI] About Accessibility at workplace

2022-02-16 Thread Vetrivel Murugan Adhimoolam
Hi kriya, Congrads on your new roll. Almost all the issues have been covered here, but here are some of my tips. 1. The best place to start will be your reporting manager. You can explain your accesibility requirement to your manager. After you join, have an 1:1 with your manager and and discuss

Re: [AI] About Accessibility at workplace

2022-02-16 Thread Ritesh Agarwal
Dear all, Please disregard my previous mail. Regards Ritesh Agarwal On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 4:05 PM Ritesh Agarwal wrote: > Dear Kriya, > > All the undermentioned inputs in the trail mails are valuable. > > My opinion is that the willingness and ability to be accommodative varies > from

Re: [AI] About Accessibility at workplace

2022-02-16 Thread Ritesh Agarwal
Dear Kriya, All the undermentioned inputs in the trail mails are valuable. My opinion is that the willingness and ability to be accommodative varies from conpanies to companies. You should first try to find out if there is/are any visually impaired person already working in the company. On

Re: [AI] About Accessibility at workplace

2022-02-15 Thread Narendra Sathe
Hello Kriya, Congratulations for getting employed in Genpact india. Now a days windows 10 has inbuilt narrator, screen reader with which you can start off your initial job. However if your employer is willing to provide JAWS then I suggest do take it as JAWS is the best screen reader at least in

Re: [AI] About Accessibility at workplace

2022-02-15 Thread Ajay Minocha
Hi Kriya, Many congratulations for your first job! I think Vaibhav/ Sandeep sir have covered it pretty well. One quick tip, in corporate it is better to suggest a plausible solution along with your problem which makes people more receptive and generally solutions are worked upon. It usually

Re: [AI] About Accessibility at workplace

2022-02-15 Thread Vaibhav Saraf
Hi Kriya, Congratulations for your first job! I will try to address your queries one by one as per my experience. When I joined my current job which is also my first job I had no visual challenges but got one after 4 years of work. JAWS vs NVDA: My mind tends to assume with this that you're

Re: [AI] About Accessibility at workplace

2022-02-14 Thread Jayant Singh raghav
Dear Kriya Jain, Rights of persons with Disabilities are always ignored and kept aside or compromised. I have an idea for you to start with a simple letter addressing your requirements related to infrastructure or web accessibility to your seniours or superiors mentioning the following as your

Re: [AI] About Accessibility at workplace

2022-02-14 Thread Sandeep Singh
Hi Kriya Wish you all the best for this new journey. I'm sure our learned colleagues will come up with their suggestions. I think you should ask the authorities if providing screen reading software like Jaws is a norm there. I know of some organizations that do provide VI employees with Jaws

[AI] About Accessibility at workplace

2022-02-14 Thread Kriya Jain
Hi all, I am going to join Genpact india in a short period of time. I have few questions on mind regarding accessibility issues at workplace. Need some expert guidance on this. 1. As this is my first job, I am not sure how much demanding I should be. Ex: my work would be mostly on data. Should I