- From: Amar Jain <amarjain@amarjain.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 14:05:11 +0530
- To: Till Halbach <halbach@nr.no>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
- Message-ID: <d33f9ae3104fcd88c8694fdc3ed370ed@amarjain.com>
India unfortunately uses universal design only in respect of consumer goods. Regards, Amar Jain On 15/09/2022 12:47, Till Halbach wrote: > Amar, > > it appears the solution is not universally designed. Please see UN's > definition: > > "Universal design" means the design of products, environments, > programmes and services to be usable by all people, to the greatest > extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. > "Universal design" shall not exclude assistive devices for particular > groups of persons with disabilities where this is needed. > > https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/article-2-definitions.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CUniversal%20design%E2%80%9D%20means%20the%20design,for%20adaptation%20or%20specialized%20design. > > The term "assistive devices" would include screen readers and is > definitely not limited to NVDA. > > In many European countries, the universal design of ICT solutions is a > legal requirement, but I don't know what the situation in India is. > > Best, > > Till Halbach > > On 14.09.2022 07:38, Amar Jain wrote: > >> Det er ikke ofte du mottar e-post fra amarjain@amarjain.com. Finn ut >> hvorfor dette er viktig. [1] >> >> Dear all, >> >> By way of a quick introduction, I am Amar Jain, a corporate lawyer and >> a Certified Professional in Web Accessibility based out of India. >> >> We have a case going on for inaccessibility of our tax submission >> portal. The vendor is Infosys, and the problem is that only those >> issues that we are highlighting are getting resolved and comprehensive >> audit is not being done due to commercial reasons. >> >> Further, there seems to be hard coding for NVDA, as the portal is >> reasonably functional with NVDA and not with Jaws. The lack of audit >> is also leaving behind persons with other disabilities. >> >> The argument of the vendor is that it is because of the architecture >> of the portal which is why NVDA will be the only screen reader which >> should be used for maximum functionality. Second argument is more >> legal in nature, which is to say that current Indian standards only >> restrict testing with NVDA which we can work around. >> >> We need to prove to the Court that a comprehensive WCAG conformance is >> technology independent and irrespective of the technology that people >> use, a comprehensive conformance will ensure widest accessibility >> possible. >> >> Is there any document which backs-up this statement and is there any >> precedent where comprehensive audit has been asked by way of a court >> order? >> >> In nutshell, I need to convince the court that a comprehensive audit >> is the only way to go, and a comprehensive conformance to WCAG will >> not produce different results with different technologies in terms of >> accessibility. >> >> Your valuable inputs will be greatly appreciated before September 22. >> >> Regards, >> >> Amar Jain > > -- > Best regards, > Till Halbach, seniorforsker / senior research scientist > Norwegian Computing Center / Norsk Regnesentral (NR) | http://nr.no/ > Subscribe to our eInclusion newsletter: http://eepurl.com/s3aUD > Abonnér på e-Inkluderingsgruppens nyhetsbrev: http://eepurl.com/jsDif Links: ------ [1] https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification
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