Hi Prashany, You said: > While entering the destination, it prompts places similar to the one typed > by you in the edit box. One needs to accept one of the given suggestion, the > typed text is not accepted by the system. > The suggestions which appear in the drop down list are not readable with > screen reader. > Use of some other alternate control here would make it accessible
This can be made accessible using aria-live and there would not be need to look for alternate control. You can experience this implimentation on search.yahoo.com Amar, You can ask their team to get in touch with me for accessibility related questions. Best, Vasu Sent from my iPad On Dec 6, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Prashant Ranjan Verma <[email protected]> wrote: > I use Meru cabs very often. One small improvement that I would like is > addition to their website access. > The cab booking process on the website generally works with screen reader > but there is one thing which needs to be done with the mouse and sighted > assistance. > While entering the destination, it prompts places similar to the one typed > by you in the edit box. One needs to accept one of the given suggestion, the > typed text is not accepted by the system. > The suggestions which appear in the drop down list are not readable with > screen reader. > Use of some other alternate control here would make it accessible. > > I have noticed that all these cabs have a tablet like computer on their > systems which it seems is capable of some programming. > For example when the speed of the car goes beyond 80 Kmph, an audio prompt > is played to warn about over speeding. > > Similarly, they could set up announcement of the meter reading at some > intervals and at the end of the journey. > And in the thank you SMS that they send after the journey they could include > invoice details e.g. kilometre travelled, rate, fare etc. > > Thanks, > Prashant > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Bharat > Sent: 06 December 2012 15:18 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] Improving Meru Cab Accessibility For Blind: Suggestions > Invited. > > Amar, > > Quite a few cab services, at least in Delhi, have a feature of dropping an > sms of the total billed fare once the driver releases the meter. guess, we > could ask for this provision to be introduced. > > On 12/6/12, Amar Jain <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I am in touch with Meru officials, with a view of making the cab >> services accessible for blind. As of now, I am not promising anything >> in this direction, as it not only depends on what we want, but also >> depends on what resources the company can utilize for that, and what >> efforts it takes for them to implement the same. However, the initial >> response of the officer was positive and that makes me drop an email >> to the list as a quick response to their reaction, for suggestions on >> what kind of accessibility we are looking for, and how it can be >> implemented. >> >> Before I put forward my views, in order to bring everyone on the same >> level, it is important to mention that by accessibility I do not mean >> to tackle the situation of the maximized availability of cabs on >> account of blindness, and any such other thing. I am focusing on the >> making the inside services of cabs accessible to us. >> >> The problem which I have is that we aren't able to read the meters >> while travelling, and nor are we able to gather the information at the >> time the driver is swiping our card for payment. Similarly, the final >> invoice also is inaccessible to us, because of which we are not able >> to figure out the total distance travelled, final amount charged, etc. >> This leads us to be dependent on the driver. Trusting someone is not a >> problem, but if you have a solution which enables to do things >> yourself, then why not. >> >> What are your suggestions along with the way of implementation >> (keeping indian conditions and minimal resources) in mind? >> >> How far the audio prompts (on demand) in these areas is a good solution? >> >> Are the solutions proposed costly to implement? >> >> Feel free to consider all angles. I am not in a position of having a >> telephonic chat before 9th of December (Sunday), so an email will be >> highly appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> -- >> Amar Jain. >> Website: www.amarjain.com >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing >> accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acc >> essindia.org.in >> >> >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org >> .in > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind > ia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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