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Chrome Extensions to improve browsing experience
I was looking out for how Google Chrome can be used efficiently and during my search, came across interesting extensions to improve experience of browsing on Google Chrome. These extensions can be found on Chrome Extensions Web Store. Some of the extensions are: High Contrast: Change or revert colour schemes to make the page easy to…
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How to add alternate text to images?
Authors note: This is a re-published post due to an unavoidable technical issue. In continuation to our post <alt> Campaign: Let’s make images on the web accessible, here are a few tips on how to add alternate text on different platforms. In all platforms, ensure that your alternate text is meaningful. Add alternate text in…
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Campaign: Make currency of India and digital payment apps accessible
Authors note: This is a re-published post due to an unavoidable technical issue. Money is important to everyone; It’s essential that everyone needs to be able to identify their own money. Whether we like it or not, not everyone in this world are wise; though we wish! A few years ago, 5 paisa, 10 paisa,…
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<alt> Campaign: Let’s make images on the web accessibleAuthors note: This is re-published post due to an unavoidable technical issue. A picture speaks several words. Use of images over the internet is increasing everyday. It’s essential they are make accessible to all users and technologies. Benefits of making images accessible are: Information conveyed through images is made available to blind and visually impaired…
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Accessibility Status of Central Government Universities in India
We always believe that any learning should come from education and educational institutions. In India, if not more, at least we are talking about digital accessibility since 2008 (I’m saying it as that is the year when Government of India has published Guidelines for Indian Government Websites). There are about 46 universities run by Central…
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CAPTCHA on some portals
In the interest of security, CAPTCHA is still commonly used on several portals. Earlier CAPTCHA used to be seen on lengthy forms that collects critical data; but today we see CAPTCHA on login forms too. We have recently asked community to tell us their experience in dealing with CAPTCHA and below is a table that…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
