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…
Twitter for WordPress vs Accessible Twitter for WP plugins
While we are playing to re-build our website, we wanted to be sure we address accessibility to the best possible extent. Well, we are still working on it; there are still…
Accessibility Review: IRCTC Next Generation Ticketing System portal
IRCTC (Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation) has recently revamped it’s portal and good news is that users do not require to login to check availability of tickets, search trains etc.,…
AirAsia provides reasonable accommodation; what can they do better?
Last weekend, we did a quick round trip to Hyderabad from Bangalore on Air Asia; here is our expereince as a family with 2 children and both of us having some disability (Hema has problem with her right hand and I’m a person with low vision).
Check-in counter staff both in Bangalore and Hyderabad are sensitive enough and arranged a personnel to assist us. However, they are not sensitized towards how and why they should be assisting us. That person was just walking ahead of us and once we found it difficult to trace him. AirAsia have announced a priority boarding but that sequence was not maintained after boarding the transit bus.
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…
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…
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…
A quick accessibility review: Swiggy iOS App
Swiggy is an online portal using which one can order food from restaurants around and food will be delivered through their executive. When Madhu Singhal, Founder of Mitra Jyothi told…
Accessibility Review: Paytm web interface
Paytm is one of the largest digital wallets being used today. Paytm is one thing that gets accepted almost everywhere including small businesses like grocery stores, vegetable vendors etc., Also,…
Accessibility Review: Unique Disability Identity Card (UDID) Portal of Government of India
A while ago, Department of Empowerment of People with Disabilities has launched Swavlamban Card portal to provide disability certificate and Unique Disability ID to persons with disabilities. I have pleased…
Accessibility status of state government websites in India
Today, it’s heartening to see there is so much momentum going on to make India inclusive, I thought, it’s important that websites of all state governments are accessible. As I…
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…
Accessibility Review: HDFC NetBanking – Adding new Beneficiary
Today, let’s look at Add Beneficiary section of HDFC Bank. Please note that this test has been carried out using Mozilla Firefox and NVDA a Free and Open Source Screen…
Accessibility Review: State Bank Secure OTP iOS App
Receiving One Time Password (OTP) via SMS is easy but causes huge inconvenience when user’s registered phone is unavailable or traveling abroad. To solve this problem, State Bank of India…
iOS app Accessibility review – State Bank of India's Freedom Plus
State Bank of India (@TheOfficialSBI) is one of the popular nationalized bank in India and recently released SBI Freedom Plus app and we decided to help them by reviewing app…
