Author: Srinivasu Chakravarthula

  • Twitter iOS app is beautiful and inspiring!

    Recently updated Twitter app for iOS version 7.1 is beautiful and inspiring to use. This is well designed keeping universal design in mind. Here is what I found impressive: Clear icons Very pixel perfect, smooth edges and easy to see. Enough color contrast between foreground and background. Links are underlined – all links including hashtags,…

  • Update: GST on Disability related aids and appliances – still need some rollback

    Due to energetic and continued efforts put in by disability activists and others across the country, there has been some progress. Here is a quick updated shared by Mr. Javed Abidi of NCPEDP. Based on the 16th GST Council meeting, the rates have now been revised and are as follows: Braille Typewriters – 5% Braille…

  • GST affects lives of people with disabilities

    Government of India is almost set to roll out Goods and Services Tax. Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax throughout India to replace taxes levied by the central and state governments. It was introduced as The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment) Act 2017, following the passage of Constitution 122nd Amendment…

  • 6 years of togetherness

    Ah, time has been flying too fast, this is our 6th anniversary. During last one year, we have seen arrival of our adorable son Sai Shikhar, passing away of my grand father and marriage of my younger brother Chi. Vinayaka Sarma. Now our daughter has started going to school. It has been wonderful 6 years…

  • Recent experience in obtaining passport for our daughter

    As advertised by the Government, Passport services have been improved to great extent. Recently we have obtained passport for our daughter and experience is quite good. We have filled in application form online Passport portal. Scheduled the appointment (dates are just available; we got it for very next day). Printed application form and fee receipt.…

  • Accessibility Update 13th June, 2017

    Lot has been happening in the recent past. Here is a quick update: Global Accessibility Awareness Day was marked really well across the world. There were a lot of in-person and virtual events. W3C has published an updated version of Web Accessibility Laws and Policies. Now it has filters and table of contents; more easy…

  • Accessibility Review: Home page of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

    Noticed that Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India has re-designed its website and here are list of quick accessibility findings. Note that this is not a complete assessment report. Slider images do not have appropriate alternate text. They are provided something like “Slider 1, Slider 2 etc.” Page has about 11 color…

  • Accessibility Testing Tool list

    This list is intended for Windows environment but most of these should work on Mac OSX too. aXe by Deque Color Contrast Analyzer WAVE extensions for Firefox and Chrome Bookmarklets by Paul J Adam NVDA – a Free and open source screen reader for Windows Accessibility Evaluation Report Templates by W3C Accessibility Developer Tools for…

  • Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) – a recap of celebrations in India

    Wow, this year’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) was bigger than ever before; so it is difficult for me to write full recap in one post; hence this post focuses on what has happened in India and next post will talk about events around the world. My day started off with event at PayPal India.…

  • Accessibility of Digital Payments

    This is a presentation have done on the eve of Global Accessibility Awareness Day at PayPal on 18th May 2017. Slides Full Text Full text is work in progress and will be available soon. Apologies – just in midst of too many happenings, couldn’t write full text on time as I usually do. Photos Read…

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