FYI - Sent to ECommittee ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Vaishnavi Jayakumar (Inclusive India) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 at 21:22 Subject: DeafBlind Indians : Courting freedom from CAPTCHAs To: <D.Y. Chandrachud> Cc: <SCI ECommittee>
6 Jul 2021 Sir, Thank you for starting the process of making Indian courts' digital interface accessible to disabled citizens <https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1730627>, especially the print disabled. Just wanted to flag the disability community's concern that a whopping* 28 court websites*, while now accessible to blind citizens (by providing audio CAPTCHA in addition to the default image CAPTCHA) still *bar entry to our deaf-blind peers*. The RPDA Rules <http://bit.ly/design-for-diversity> mandated GIGW (Guidelines for Indian Government Websites) prescribe <https://web.guidelines.gov.in/6-6-images> the following for this particular accessibility issue's compliance : *(Page 78 of GIGW 2.0 https://web.guidelines.gov.in/assets/gigw-manual.pdf > <https://web.guidelines.gov.in/assets/gigw-manual.pdf> *:) > > *6.6.3 Images and other non text content MUST be made Accessible*. > > *(v) CAPTCHA: *If the purpose of non-text content is to confirm that > content is being accessed by a person rather than a computer, then *text* > alternatives that identify and describe the purpose of the non-text content > are provided, and alternative forms of CAPTCHA using output modes for > different types of sensory perception are provided to accommodate different > disabilities. While a text-based logic type CAPTCHA may solve the issues of the deaf-blind constituency, a more wholistic solution catering to varied needs of people would entail offering *multimodal options leaving choice to the citizen based on their specific needs* : i.e. - Image CAPTCHA - Audio CAPTCHA - Text based logic CAPTCHA - SMS OTP CAPTCHA - EMAIL OTP with click link to verify CAPTCHA. I look forward to your support in resolving this issue at the earliest. Thank you for being a steadfast ally to India's disability movement. Sincerely, Vaishnavi [As Attached] S. No High Court Judgments/ Orders I Cause List II Case Status III Contrast /Color Themes Text Size A+ A A- Screen reader access V 1 Delhi No Captcha No Captcha No Captcha ✓ ✓ No 2 Gauhati (Nagaland) No Captcha Audio Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ No 3 Himachal Pradesh No Captcha No Captcha No Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 4 Jammu & Kashmir Audio Captcha Audio Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 5 Jharkhand Audio Captcha Audio Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 6 Karnataka No Captcha No Captcha No Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 7 Kerala Audio Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 8 Madhya Pradesh Audio Captcha Audio Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 9 Madras No Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 10 Manipur Audio Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 11 Meghalaya Audio Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 12 Orissa Audio Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 13 Patna Audio Captcha No Captcha No Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 14 Rajasthan No Captcha No Captcha No Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 15 Sikkim No Captcha No Captcha No Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 16 Telangana Audio Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 17 Tripura Audio Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 18 Uttarakhand Audio Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 19 E-Committee Website Audio Captcha Audio Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 20 E-Courts Services Website (District Courts) Audio Captcha Audio Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 21 E-Courts Services Website (High Courts) Audio Captcha Audio Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 22 Allahabad Audio Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 24 Calcutta Audio Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 25 Gauhati (Mizoram) No Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 26 Punjab & Haryana Audio Captcha No Captcha No Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 27 Andhra Pradesh Audio Captcha No Captcha No Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 28 Chhattisgarh Audio Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ 29 Gauhati (Arunachal Pradesh) Audio Captcha Audio Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ No 30 Gujarat No Captcha No Captcha No Captcha ✓ ✓ No 31 Bombay Audio Captcha Audio Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ No 32 Gauhati (Assam) Audio Captcha No Captcha Audio Captcha ✓ ✓ ✓ -- 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/[email protected]/ --- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAN7%2BzvppJUH%2BUa0V3kuK2SaHqN%2B82fjsn611tKib8DVfHpP9iw%40mail.gmail.com.
