definitely sir, But while our revolutionary attempts are in progress to devise a complete accessible standard in every web interface, be it railway or whatever, we have to momentarily take things in our hand in order to independently perform our genuine accomplishments as far as possible. that's what I wanted.
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Boopathi P <[email protected]> wrote: > > o great! thanks for your timely explanation. but it has to be > certainly made accessible in all means. it is not a big task for > railway! if things like these are not accessible for the majority, > what is then accessibility? however, your finding surely deserves > appreciation. > > thanks once again for sharing this. > > regards > Boopathi > On 12/18/14, BIKRAMADITYA BEHERA <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am pleased to inform you all that I have figured out a way-around for > > selecting the date of travel on IRCTC web interface which is usually > > inaccessible to all of us in terms of a blank read only field thereby > > making it difficult to operate with standard navigation command. It's a > > relatively lengthy explanation. those who prefer the assistance from a > > sighted person to get their job done, and don't wish to waste their > > valuable time by reading the procedures may skip these tips. > > the only thing you will have to compromise is your preferred screen > reader > > if it is anything other than NVDA. and moreover, I assume that you are > > using Mozilla Firefox for this purpose. if you are using any other web > > browser, you can try these methods, but I am not sure whether it will > work > > or not. So let's start the process: > > 1. log in to IRCTC portal by using your account credentials. Please > create > > an account if you do not have one. but here an annoying issue appears: > it's > > none other than entering the captcha. So, in order to enter the captcha, > > use the well known efficient add-on called Webvisum. First, press Alt > plus > > Control Plus 6 to submit the captcha, and wait for some 30-40 seconds. > But > > no result will be announced afterwards. So, without waiting further, > press > > the command once again, and you will hear two announcements: the first > one > > is of course regarding the message confirming the submission of your > > captcha. but the next one is the result which will be pasted into your > > clipboard. You can use insert plus C to check the clipboard contents in > > NVDA. Note that as long as you don't press the captcha submission command > > again for the second time after waiting some 30 or seconds, there will be > > no results! > > 2. now that you have logged in to your account successfully, you will be > > straightaway presented with the edit fields where you can input the > > relevant details, that is, the source station, destination station and > date > > of journey. > > 3. Please enter the first few characters of the station name in the > "from" > > and "to" field. for instance, type C H E N N for Chennai, M U M B for > > Mumbai and so on. After entering the initials, press tab to move to the > > next field. here, the screen reader will say nothing at the first > instance. > > when you press Tab again, it will move to the next field. actually, when > > you enter the first few characters, say, B A N G, and press tab, the > screen > > reader says nothing. but the result is silently edited as Bangalore in > the > > edit field, and when you press Tab for the second time, it navigates you > to > > the next field. > > 4. now the date selection procedure comes! here you require to use the > NVDA > > object navigation commands. first, in the read only edit field which is > > actually the date selection field, press insert Plus Num pad 6 once or > > twice, when NVDA announces "graphic", press Insert Plus Num pad Enter to > > activate the object. NVDA says "click". press tab and shift Plus Tab to > get > > back to this edit field again. Please note that whenever you press Insert > > Plus Num pad Enter to activate the focused object, NVDA should say > "Click", > > and you have to press Tab and shift Plus tab to bring your focus back > every > > time after issuing this command. again press insert Plus Num pad 6 > > repeatedly untill you hear the month, say, "December 2014 text". There > will > > be two texts between the Month text. now, let me clarify the sequence: if > > you press Insert Plus Num pad 4 to move to the previous object, NVDA says > > "text", when you press Insert Plus Num pad 6 to move to the next object, > it > > says "December 2014, text", and when you again move to the next object, > it > > says "text". so it's clear that the Month is sitting between the two > texts, > > right? Please remember that activation of the current object can be > > performed by using Insert Plus Num Pad enter. so I won't repeat the > command > > again and again from now on. so when you activate the left side "text" of > > the Month Text, it will move backwards, December, November, October and > so > > on. if you activate the right side "text" of the month text, it will move > > forward, January, February, March and so on. Choose the appropriate > month. > > and activate that object. again perform the same steps, and when you > > repeatedly press Insert Plus Num pad 6 to navigate to the next object, > you > > will be presented with the dates, something like 1 text, 2 text, 3text > and > > so on. just activate the object of your choice. after making your desired > > selection, when you press tab and shift Plus tab to get your focus back > to > > this blank read only edit field, NVDA will announce the date, month and > > year instead. > > So, that's it, click on the submit button to get the list of trains. > > Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip 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 > > > > > > Disclaimer: > > 1. 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AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the > mails > > sent through this mailing list.. > > > > > -- > Regards > Boopathi P > PhD research scholar, > department of English Literature, > School of English literary studies, > EFL University. > Hyderabad > Mobile: 09985138783 > > Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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