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Accessibility Review: Jobs for People with Disabilities portal by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India
Noticed that Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India has launched Job Portal for people with disabilities; which would aim to become a great portal for job seekers with disabilities, employers and training institutes. This is certainly a great initiative although I personally prefer to embed people with disabilities…
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Ola vs Uber
For about a few months, I have been using Ola Cabs and Uber in Bangalore for commute to work and return home. Thought I would do a quick comparison of both. Ola Uber App is fairly accessible using talk back on Android and not easy to use with VoiceOver on iPhone App is accessible using…
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What would makes sense in public places – ramps, stairs, escalators, elevators?
I have been reading some thoughts about making public places in India accessible and I do have some thoughts about the same. Discussions are around entering one floor to another or changing platforms in Railway stations. The facilities can be introduced based on size of premise. We cannot practically have all of the options viz.…
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Should websites include Accessibility Options? May be and may be not…
In 2013, posted about Accessibility options and Browser Accessibility options and still I see concept of including accessibility is still exist in the minds of web authors. So wanted to reiterate as to why we do not recommend accessibility options embed on to the website. I still agree that having such options like Increase Font…
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NVDA 2016.2 is released!
Our favorite screen reader NVDA – a free and open source screen reader has just announced it’s newest version 2016.2! Highlights of this version as mentioned on the release blog post: Highlights of this release include the ability to indicate spelling errors while typing; support for reporting grammar errors in Microsoft Word; and improvements and…
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How to update AADHAR data?
Though we thought AADHAR generation takes a longer time (as per opinions seen on social media), our e-AADHAR got ready within 15 days of application. Truly appreciate the speedy process. But realized that my name got misspelled with one letter and that led us to look for ways how we can update the data. Even…
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W3C elects new advisory board.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has just announced it’s new advisory board who plays a key role in providing guidance to the team on strategy, legal matters, conflict resolutions etc., The W3C Advisory Committee has filled five open seats on the W3C Advisory Board. Created in 1998, the Advisory Board provides guidance to the Team…
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Hanuman Jayanti Wishes
Lord Hanuman is regarded as the one who secure us from danger. As per Hindu Calendar, today is Hanuman Jayanti (birthday). I still remember my father used to chant Hanuman Chalisa while we get to sleep. It’s also a belief that while listening or chanting Hanuman Chalisa before sleep keep us away from danger dreams.…
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Public Grievance (PG) Portal is indeed helpful
Earlier this month, we have made an outstanding payment of our Fixed line and Broadband Service provided by Airtel but it was shocking to see in the next bill cycle where Airtel claimed that we payment of earlier month is due. We have called up customer care, walked in to their store and showed proof…
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Summary of Global Accessibility Awareness Day
We have posted a few posts to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day and we continue to put in efforts to raise awareness about accessibility. Besides, here is a quick Summary of Global Accessibility Awareness Day. At Informatica Informatica has hosted an internal awareness event to its employees. Event includes a presentation on accessibility in general…
