Dear All, HAPPENING NOW- join us as we discuss the nuances of accessibility from legal and technical lenses with Amar Jain and Ratul Arora
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vAGRwqgPEkJl On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 1:57 PM Blind Graduates' Forum of India < contact.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > As we celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we invite you today at > 9 PM on Twitter spaces to join us in our pannel discussion with Amar Jain > and Ratul Arora to learn the nuances of accessibility from the legal and > technical lenses. The link of the same will be shared by 8-50 pm. > > Our team has also put together an information capsule to spread > awareness about digital accessibility. We encourage you to disseminate this > information as widely as possible. And yes don't forget to tag our > respective social media handel > > INFORMATION CAPSULE: CELEBRATING GLOBAL ACCESSIBILITY AWARENESS DAY: > > 1. Describe digital accessibility (DA)? > > DA is a process of making the website / applications usable for persons > with disabilities by following universal standards E.G. Web Consortium > Accessibility Guidelines of W3C. > > 2. DA barriers and solutions for blind > > · Keyboard interaction- provide keyboard access for each navigable > element as blind people are unable to see mouse pointer. > > · Naming of elements-each element should be labeled and named > appropriately for being readable by screen reader. > > · Alt tag-images should be described by alt tag as they are not > machine readable. > > 3. Expert Advice > > DA professional designs, deploys, performs automated and manual audits and > remediates websites and apps for inaccessibility. > > CREDITS: > > Ratul Arora, an executive council member of BGFI is an “Accessibility > Evangelist” presently working with one of largest IT consulting company as > a Test Engineering Analyst. He is a certified Professional in Accessibility > Core Competencies from the International Association of Accessibility > Professionals, Section 508 U.S. Rehabilitation Act Trusted Tester and Web > and Document Accessibility Specialist from Deque University. > > Contact Ratul at: > > ratular...@gmail.com #GAAD2021 #A11Y #WCAG #AccessibilityMatters > #DigitalAccessibility > > > -- > Regards > Blind Graduates Forum of India. > Phone: 9892145699 > Website: > www.bgfi.in > follow us on > Linkedin: > https://www.linkedin.com/company/blind-graduates-forum-of-india > > Facebook: > http://tinyurl.com/bgfifacebook > Twitter: > https://twitter.com/blind_grads > YouTube Channel: > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEvshxvn7YC9kBz4LDngasA > -- Regards Blind Graduates Forum of India. Phone: 9892145699 Website: www.bgfi.in follow us on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blind-graduates-forum-of-india Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/bgfifacebook Twitter: https://twitter.com/blind_grads YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEvshxvn7YC9kBz4LDngasA -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAFGu2%2B6SefJ%3Do5nDkkatMkr7aQDn9or_zz84WvheAsg0ZvL%2BYg%40mail.gmail.com.
