On 5th June, 2018 Web Accessibilty Initiative of World Wide Web Consortium has announced that Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 has become official recommendation as standard. There has been tremendous efforts…
When you see “Google play services being updated” on android apps…
Recently I was experiencing a strange problem with Uber App on android. Every time I open the app, it displays “Google play services is being updated” and map never shows…
New in Android Accessibility
I was watching What’s new in Android Accessibility? and here is my quick notes. It’s great to see our good friend Victor Tsaran on the stage of Google I/O. Sound…
Simply reading app launched by DAISY Consortium
DAISY Consortium has just announced the launch of Simply reading app (on Android) – a simple and intuitive app to read ePub books. Interface of the app looks rich and…
WCAG 2.1 is now a proposed recommendation
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 has become a proposed recommendation a while ago. This is possibly a last step before a standard becomes W3C recommendation. In short, this process…
Global Accessibility Awareness Day: beyond digital accessibility
It’s true that most of the events being planned to observe Global Accessibility Awareness Day are focused on digital accessibility. This is not because someone doesn’t like about other aspects. It is…
Using WAVE – an Accessibility Evaluation tool by WebAIM – #GAADSeries
This is a guest post by Kameshwari Devi Kiran Kumar This article briefly explanes how to use the WAVE tool to test accessibility for a website. There are primarily two…
Missing alternate text: GAAD count down!
To celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we will posting about common accessibility issues each day from today. Objective of this initiative is to let product owners know about how they are…
Short note: Why it’s important for promotional emails to be accessible and not text embedded into an image?
These days, almost every day, we will end up receiving an email about a promotional offer but quite often they are image based. If you are a user with vision…
Pioneer in disability sector Shri. Javed Abidi has passed away – great loss for entire disability sector
He was such a person who have strength to have a Minister chair an event and point out what he has not done in spite he has power to do…
One week of life with Android
Ah, it’s already one week. Summary is no regrets so far! Yes, it’s already a week that I started using Android. Got a nice back cover from Amazon.in at a…
Day 1 experience of switching to Android
I’ve been using iOS since 2010 (Thanks to Alan Brightman and Victor Tsaran while we were all at Yahoo!) and it has been an amazing experience. Though I’m not a…
WCAG 2.1 is now a candid recommendation
Accessibility Guidelines Working Group of W3C has published WCAG 2.1 as a candid recommendation (CR). Purpose of CR is to ensure that standard can be implemented. Results of this exercise…
Accessibility of Payments
This is a talk being presented at 50p Conference on 9th February 2018. Slides Below are the slides and full text will be made available soon. [slideshare id=87295682&doc=accessiblepayments-180206063821] Video Full…
I-STEM hackathon, Blind World Cricket Cup, Ola App, First women… a historic weekend!
January 20 & 21st 2018 remains historic. Series of amazing things took place in India. To begin with, Inclusive STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) – a forum of a…
