Dear Kriya, All the undermentioned inputs in the trail mails are valuable.
My opinion is that the willingness and ability to be accommodative varies from conpanies to companies. You should first try to find out if there is/are any visually impaired person already working in the company. On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 2:28 PM Narendra Sathe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Kriya, > > Congratulations for getting employed in Genpact india. > Now a days windows 10 has inbuilt narrator, screen reader with which > you can start off your initial job. However if your employer is > willing to provide JAWS then I suggest do take it as JAWS is the best > screen reader at least in my opinion. > In terms of accessibility I suggest that you put forth your needs in > a nice manner and try to convince your employer of having accessible > company app for employee and the difficulty you encounter on it not > being accessible. > It is good that people over there are willing to help you . Once you > start performing well in your organization automatically the approach > of everyone over there will certainly change however in the initial > days it will be a test of your patience as well. > I once again wish you good luck for your new endeavor. > On 2/15/22, Sandeep Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Kriya > > Wish you all the best for this new journey. > > I'm sure our learned colleagues will come up with their suggestions. I > > think you should ask the authorities if providing screen reading > > software like Jaws is a norm there. I know of some organizations that > > do provide VI employees with Jaws within a month of their joining. > > Accessibility of websites etc is an issue many of our colleagues would > > be struggling with. You can gradually bring this to the notice of your > > seniors (esp IT deptt). > > I welcome views of our colleagues, but I think we should ask for > > legitimate rights without always looking like activists. > > > > Please keep sharing your experiences with us. > > > > Warm regards > > Sandeep Singh > > > > On 2/15/22, Kriya Jain <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> I am going to join Genpact india in a short period of time. I have few > >> questions on mind regarding accessibility issues at workplace. Need some > >> expert guidance on this. > >> 1. As this is my first job, I am not sure how much demanding I should > be. > >> Ex: my work would be mostly on data. Should I ask for jaws or can i > >> simply > >> use freely available nvda? > >> 2. I found that the company app for employee support is not at all > >> accessible. How should I approach this? Should I ask them straight away? > >> Or > >> should I wait and watch? For now I took sighted help for documentation. > >> But > >> don't know how things can work in future. > >> 3. The main point here is that even though corporates like these have > >> many > >> policies in place related to accessibility and inclusion I don't know > how > >> far they go in reality. And how demanding we can be for our rights being > >> freshers. > >> > >> Inputs from experienced friends will be very helpful. > >> Thanks and regards. > >> Kriya Jain > >> > >> -- > >> 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. 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