Dear Vaishnavi, Thanks a ton for pointing this out. We have created a Github issue for the same: https://github.com/cbgaindia/ckanext-openbudgetsin_theme/issues/37 and hope to fix it in coming weeks.
We are a community led open initiative(in BETA phase) and we welcome such crucial feedback, suggestions, and contributions. Please feel free to reach us at [email protected]. Regards, Gaurav On Wednesday, 7 June 2017 20:12:03 UTC+5:30, Vaishnavi Jayakumar wrote: > > Dear Datameeters, > > Nisha thought this as off-topic and wanted me to add a few lines to > explain how this was of relevance to DataMeet so here goes... > > DataMeet partnered with CBGA and others to bring out the Open Budgets > website this year: openbudgetsindia.org > > Here's what the 5 minute feedback on accessibility revealed : > > ---------- > From: Meenakshi B. <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 2:12 PM > > MEENAKSHI > > Hi, > > I Have already made a representation to CBGA. It isn't accessible. > > Thanks & Regards > Meenakshi > ---------- > RAGHU > > The Site is good and is accessible to navigate, but the charts, formats, > provided as examples are in jpeg, png or image formats all of them should > be in accessible word documents So that it would enable the Screen Reader > user to understand easily. > > SHANKAR > > A good resource with all information in one place. Unfortunately, many of > the sections like Budget documents (PDF) are not giving the last mile > accessibility. Able to navigate using screen reader. > > Let us request them to check each page after development to check with > WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation tool) from webaim.org. It's a free > tool. > > http://wave.webaim.org/ > > I tested two pages after finding the screen reader not able to move > further. > > http://wave.webaim.org/report#/https://openbudgetsindia.org/ > > > http://wave.webaim.org/report#/https://openbudgetsindia.org/dataset?res_format=PDF > > > > So in effect, there's no point in making data *open* unless it's first > *accessible* to print disabled. > > Now read on! > *------* > *Only 38 of 7,000 govt websites disabled-friendly, says petitioner *PIL > 29214/2015 <https://indiankanoon.org/doc/179818968/> > > 6/24/2016 > > *Chennai: *Of the 7000 such websites, only 38 of them have made the cut. > This unfortunately leaves an estimated 70 million disabled people out > ‘Digital India’ initiative, aimed at simplifying governance. The disconnect > in enabling web services came to light after a physically challenged > petitioner, A Syed Ansari from Avadi, moved the Madras High Court in 2015. > He had missed out applying for the civil services exams because the site > meant for it was not disabled friendly. He had sought the court to direct > the government to maintain its websites as per National Informatics Centre > (NIC) standards. > > The disabled use various assistive technologies to browse the Web. > However, if a website is not constructed as per the Web Content > Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the assistive technology fails to help > those it is meant for. The NIC’s Guidelines for Indian Government Websites > (GIGW), makes it mandatory for all government websites to conform to the > international accessibility standards, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) > and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. > > The government’s failure to respond to the High Court’s notice prompted it > to rap the agencies concerned, with a threat of imposing costs. When the > counters were filed the first bench led by Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan > Kaul, said, “We are not satisfied with the response from the Central > Government as to what the time period is or who is monitoring the whole > issue.” The NIC then initiated the ‘Development of Common Minimum Framework > for Government websites’ to convert 100 sites as feature rich and GIGW > compliant websites. > > Only a fraction of them been are disabled friendly. When the case came up > for hearing recently, the first bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay > Kishan Kaul and Justice R Mahadevan wondered if government agency intends > to complete the task only by the next century, and granted a year’s time to > finish the process. > > > dtnext.in/News/City/2016/06/24002012/Only-38-of-7000-govt-websites-disabledfriendly-says.vpf > > --- > >> From: Vaishnavi Jayakumar <[email protected]> >> Subject: [WeThePwd:1939] Re: Accessible version of Niti Ayog >> Action Plan document >> >> > >> NITI AAYOG Draft Three Year Action Agenda, 2017-18 to 2019-20 >> > > >> This is NOT entirely accessible, graphs and bookmarks need work, >> It IS however readable as text. >> It's in book format, so facing pages, But it's been checked with a screen >> reader, and it is reading top down correctly. >> NO thanks to NITI Aayog for this. To get to this has taken many days, >> wasted too much of time and necessitated much jettisoning of ego.. >> > > >> Inaccessible Source : Gibberish text version at >> *http://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/coop/ActionPlan.pdf* >> <http://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/coop/ActionPlan.pdf> >> >> This is thanks to a person at NIC who pointed me to the social media >> private party who pointed me to the design agency. >> *All of that should have taken a sum total of 15 minutes and 1-3 phone >> calls. Instead this maddening paper chase.* >> , >> 1. We need to not only get GIGW 2.0 to mandate document >> accessibility but ideally get National Informatics Centre to create a >> tool which will check document accessibility before it's uploaded. >> >> 2. AND strip the compliance certificates from the likes of Ministry >> of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India and Department of >> Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, MSJE who are amongst the worst >> offenders on the document accessibility front. >> >> 3. AND mandate passing an online learning course on accessibility >> to whoever lands tenders / contracts of ANYTHING to do with communication. >> >> ----- > >> Subject: Accessible version of Niti Ayog Action Plan document >> To: Alok Kumar >> Cc: bibek debroy, "A.K. Chakrabarti" >> >> >> Dear Mr. Alok Kumar, >> >> Recently Mr. Ankit Rajiv Jindal, a visually impaired colleague from the >> disability sector sent a letter to Dr. Debroy regarding his inability to >> read the much anticipated *3 year action plan document* >> <http://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/coop/ActionPlan.pdf> by Niti >> Aayog which was sadly out of bounds for the blind. >> >> The details are available in the letter from Mr. Ankit Jindal to Dr >> Debroy as attached and linked in the articles below. >> >> >> *Disability Activists Say Niti Aayog’s Action Agenda Is Inaccessible to >> the Visually Impaired** [WIRE]* >> <https://thewire.in/132659/disability-activists-claim-niti-aayogs-action-agenda-inaccessible-visually-impaired/> >> >> >> *NITI Aayog document inaccessible to blind** [HINDU]* >> <http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/niti-aayog-document-inaccessible-to-blind/article18411567.ece> >> >> >> A *visual representation* of what Niti Aayog's document reads to a blind >> citizen using a screenreader is below : >> >> >> >> Please do let us know when a screen reader friendly document of the Niti >> Aayog action plan will be available for blind citizens, as we have been >> unable to access it for over a week now despite Niti Aayog's response to >> Ankit promising a 'priority' fix. >> >> Ankit has already elaborated what needs to be done to make a document >> accessible. As of now the web delivery service of Niti Aayog is >> *non-compliant >> with the GIGW* <http://www.guidelines.gov.in/> for Indian government >> websites. >> >> After analysing the puzzling nature of the file text converting to >> gibberish when copied and pasted, I am convinced the problem is as follows >> : >> 1. Either the *fonts have not been embedded* >> <https://forums.adobe.com/thread/427945> or have been wrongly encoded >> with too many types when exporting the document as PDF *(Screenshot 1 & >> 2 below)* or >> 2. This is a *pre-press impostion* >> <https://workflowhelp.kodak.com/display/EVO61/Imposition+plan+rules+and+assumptions> >> >> version (Creo - Preps) which is meant for printing press plates usage >> alone, and is unnecessary/unsuitable to print to PDF. *(Screenshot 3 >> below)* >> *Screenshot 1* >> >> >> *Screenshot 2* >> >> >> *Screenshot 3* >> >> >> The disability community has faced similar issues with the erstwhile >> Planning Commission with the 12th plan sub-portal for citizen engagement. >> Sadly, unlike the Planning Commission experience, 5 messages and 4 phone >> calls chasing this problem have not been met with a favourable response, >> leave alone speedy action. >> >> *Global Accessibility Awareness Day* >> <http://cis-india.org/accessibility/events/global-accessibility-awareness-day-2017> >> >> is coming up on 18 May. While an uploaded fix should take your web manager >> 10 minutes to accomplish, we hope that by then, the government's currently >> *patchy* >> <https://thewire.in/131661/government-agencies-making-a-mockery-of-modis-accessibility-promises-say-rights-activists/> >> track >> record in walking the talk on *Sugamya Bharat Abhiyaan* >> <http://cis-india.org/accessibility/accessibility-of-govt-websites.pdf> >> and *Digital India* >> <http://cis-india.org/accessibility/files/mobile-accessibility-practices.pdf> >> is >> transformed into the following for a start : >> >> A) A fully accessible Action Plan document (as highlighted by Ankit). >> B) SOP for *creating accessible documents* >> <https://www.section508.gov/content/build/create-accessible-documents> >> to be included in the GIGW with NIC-wide training and >> C) *Procurement GPAT template* >> <http://guides.cuny.edu/c.php?g=393890&p=2676187> for vendors to comply >> with for digital accessibility. >> >> >> I look forward to your intervention in addressing these concerns. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Vaishnavi Jayakumar >> > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. 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