Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is just a week away. Let’s burst some myths around accessibility to celebrate GAAD. Accessibility is an expensive effort and time consuming This is not…
WCAG 1.1.1 Non-text content
Success Criterion 1.1.1 Non-text content All non-text content that is presented to the user has a text alternative that serves the equivalent purpose, except for the situations listed below. Controls,…
#GAAD2021 – 10th Global Accessibility Awareness Day
If it was pre-covid time, it’s a moment for a grand celebration across the world. This year marks 10th anniversary for Global Accessibility Awareness Day founded by Jennison and Joe…
Accessibility Check: updated website – Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Government of India
We have noticed Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Government of India has re-designed their website and we took a quick look from accessibility prospective. Compare to the earlier…
#BESCOM make CAPTCHA accessible
Like many websites, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) uses CAPTCHA to secure portal from fraudulent attempts. BESCOM uses CAPTCHA at several places including: New user registration Forgot the user ID…
White Cane enables people with vision impairment to walk independently, but what causes problem?
15th October is celebrated as International White Cane Safety Awareness Day. White Cane enable users with vision impairment to walk independently. It offers indication if there are any obstacles in…
Accessibility Courses and Certifications
It’s good to see there is increased interest to pursue career in the area of accessibility. There are also growing opportunities. It’s important to have more people with accessibility knowledge…
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 – Final Draft is now available
Accessibility Guidelines Working Group at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released final draft of WCAG 2.2 on 11th August, 2020. WCAG 2.2 has introduced 9 new Success Criterions out…
Talking OxiMeter is now available in India
Due to unprecedented Carona Virus (COVID-19) situation, one of the gadgets that one should have is an OxiMeter to track oxygen levels. Are those OxiMeters available in the market accessible…
Upcoming live talk: Career in the area of Accessibility – getting started!
While whole world is experiencing unprecedented situation, it has also grown the use of technology to a great extent specially in the area of education. All learnings are now gone…
#NothingWithoutUs – a campaign to ensure inclusion of people with disabilities
This years Global Accessibility Awareness Day has more significance than ever before due to changing times of unprecedented COVID-19 situation. Due to COVID-19 almost everything has gone digital except eating…
Virtul classes are more inclusive… while in-person teaching is the best!
Due to unprecedented situation of COVID-19, as every businesses have moved to virtual mode, even schools have started imparting education through virtual classes. While virtual learning is some normal in…
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2020 – virtual this time!
May is one of my favorite months of the year. It’s month to celebrate what I work everyday. Third Thursday of May is observed as Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Since…
WhatsApp dark mode: what do we think?
Keeping eye comfort in mind, many apps today offering feature to view content in dark mode. This is also known as high contrast mode for many years. In the recent…
Accessibility related Jobs in India – January, 2020
It’s great to see there are growing accessibility related job opportunities in India. Below are a few requirements that we are aware of: Salesforce is looking for UX Accessibility role…
