Hi Avinash thanks for the notes and its nice to get have a overview of the points delivered during the conference. If you have any articles/texts/reports on disability in india, especially, regarding the visually challenged, do send it to my personal mail i d raghuram....@gmail.com
if you dont mind, share your contact no to speak thank you regards raghu On 11/20/13, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: > At the Outset, I should ask was any information regarding this > confrence was supplied on Access India? > Below is my notes > As I start this exercise for my teacher and mentor to be aware about > my experience there, I must express my reservation straightaway on the > Designation of NIVH, why it is still known as National Institute for > Visually Handicap. Yes ‘Handicap’. It doesn’t resonate with the > progress we’ve made over the years in the country and it is > politically futile. and I discussed this to one of their > representatives out of public view to prepare a proposal to get it > renamed. Anyway, Indian Islamic Cultural Centre at Delhi’s Heart > Lodhi Road Is buzz with More than 150 Blind students, professionals, > Researchers, Librarians, and of Course Almost All major NGOs Heads > active in the Field. My Library Head is also here, I'm so glad... > 3 Security Guards seemed to have been sensitized to help blind > visitors. And all are greeted by Tags like Madam/sir here not there. > > The venue doesn’t look friendly for people with locomotor disability, > and Stairs are every where to facilitate your movement In fact, Lunch > is being served where one has to go 14 stairs down... and again its > self-serving system. Alas blindness... Main attraction for people like > me are Many bureaucrats Including Stuti Kakkar, Secretary Department > of Disability Affairs Well-groomed, welcoming jesture and easy to > interact thanks to Miss Priya, one of the employees at IICC who helped > me meet her and gave little description of her jestures. She sounded > determined to do something new which has never happened. Then I > thought was there Department of Disability Affairs before? Anyway she > discussed many fascets of Department’s innitiatives and promise to do > more like monitoring of Braille presses…and of course agreed to assist > me in my field work and visit to her office. > > Now itstime to get ready to pay attention to speakers. I just opened > the braille sheets given to me checked the list and started thinking > how this plenary sessions are structured, and those who are going to > speak in the morning, will get attention from the Government > bureaucrats because these special individuals are not going to stay > longer to the venue... So this politics of visibility is well > manefested there. And I know it happens everywhere. Afterall, all can > not speak in the morning you know... > > Braille sheets are well-dotted and found names like: Dr Sam, Mr > Depender , Mr George, Mr Prashant Verma, Mr Ketan Kothari, Mr Nirmal > Verma, Mr A.K Mittal, And others. not only this, sessions are gonna > be chaired by People like Mr SK Rungta, Madam Kanchan Pamnani Mr Akhil > Paul, Mr Rama Krishna and others. my laptop is opened now to note: > what these speakers have to say whom majority of us know as leading > from the front. All are conversing in English 'language of the > priviliged'. But in the backside Students are talking in Hindi but > very slowly, and when any known face crosses these young adults they > also start murmering in english. Lappy is charged it will work till > five hours at least… First Plenary session is on Accessibility to > Banking Services. > > This session is chaired by Mr SK Rungta Who started off by saying: > ‘Technology can deceive us’, And hailed Aadhar as critical for banking > services. Then I recalled recent Supreme Court Order which > categorically states: ‘Aadhar Card is not mendatory for availing > government services’. > > Below my rough unedited fast notes from the venue And I couldn't note > all speakers because had to leave later in the day. > First Plainery on Banking session for blind > Mr SK Rungta is chairing the session. > Mr Rungta: Coming of Addhar card is very critical for banking services > There are attitudinal barriers from opening the account to accessing > other services. > First speaker: Sam Taraporwala > Sam: Banks need to go KYC process Know to your customer to realize > their potential. Blind have diverse banking needs. What rules say: > after 2008 RBI circular said: blind people are to be treated at par > with others. IBA in November that year, came out with guidelines which > said for the operationalization of the guideline. Then in 2009 we had > an RBI circular providing 1third ATMs accessible for blind people. How > do we make sure that thinks are inclusive. Today almost 70 percent > people uses mobile. Banks are fast moving in to automation. There is a > bigger challenged in convincing people. How technology is enabler we > need to understand. > Speaker: Nagesh NayarAccessibility in ATMs > He started with asking slue of questions > HSBC braught first ATm in India. 1.6 lakhs. SBI put up a branch on > Fairy boat. Union bank establishment its branch on Aryahant > Vikramaditya. First Accessible ATM was installed in canada by Canada > Royal bank. When first ATm was installed in US in 1999. So when was > India’s first ATM was installed in 2012 by Union Bank of India. India > has more than 5000 Accessible ATMs. It displayes graphics, pictures > and textures. ADA of Us is the foundation document has been emulated > by other states to make public services accessible to Blind users. > Voice guidance solution was demonstrated to banks. Union bank > installed its first ATM in 2012. In febuary 2013 IBA has issued a > guideline on how to make Accessible ATMs. We have accessibility out in > the street today. We need to put all Talking ATms listing on Virtual > map so that blind users can find the Talking ATm location in their > City. > Next speaker: Ketan Kothari on Mobile Banking > First technology reaches to anybody is none other than Mobile Phone. > Mobile banking is the solution for banking services to remote residing > people. USSD Unstructured Sppplementary Service data. We can transact > multitude os transaction without sighted assistance. Who can have > mobile banking? IVRS can not offer all the services on Mobile. TRAI hs > not come up single connectivity which facilitates USSd. All the NGOs > working in the field need to advocate for better services from banks > for blind people. > > Second Session on Accessibility of Web and online services > Department of Electronic Ministry of Information and Technology has > been pursuing various policies which ensure that Web Portal is > accessible to all. We have issued the guidelines to make web portal > accessible and online content accessible. SSTC Standard testing > quality certification is the norm which website owner have to go > through. > Speaker: Dr Narmita Narsihman on Web Accessibility > Accessible website is essential to use all services these. To download > books, to access banking services and so on,. Accessibility is a > measure of aproduct that can be accessed effectively by persons with > disability. If you can’t listen Audio capture then its of no use. 2.0 > Web accessibility guidelines She is showing the video now… > Where disabled are talking their experience of trouble while accessing > Web portals. > Maharashtra Government is giving hand on training to developers to > make web portals accessible. > Next speaker: Miss Verma > Today’s wgovernment websites have difficulty in accessing websites. > www.guidelines.com is a website where you can ask your query to access > services. If I try to make non-accessibility site in to an accessible > site then it costs a lost in retrofeeting.Previous guidelines were not > there for access services on mobile. > 67 Comprehensive guidelines hav been prepared now whidh will be > implemented across government websites. NIC is doing training for > government employees who are involved in designing web > portals.Ministry has award for an accessible website. > > Next Speaker: Prashant Verma on accessibility of websites > “I have done the survey of few Indian websites and tried to find > whether Indian websites have complied to the standards of WCAG or > not.” “I have found 3 barriers:, No structural Mark up is very big > problem because it is non existant where lebles are not in the heading > style. Grafical content doesn’t have enough description in it. As far > ass Government websites are concerned good news is that lot of > website which are developed these days are now accessible.He is now > with the help of slides the Department of Science and Technology > website... > Now MSJE website is on the screen… > Now parliament of India website followed by Central Information > Commission’s website on the screen. > Next session Reading books > First speaker: Dependra Manucha > Braille books, DAISY and e-Text books are used by blind people fo > their study purpose. Brqille translate softwres cover 19 Languages out > of 23. Then OCR which converts image in to recognizable format. > Assistive technology to be able to read it. Less than one people in > India use assistive technology in India to access Reading and other > web services. Only forty thousands people are registered with various > libraries catering the needs of Visually Challenged people. DAISY > Forum is an compelation of 92 Different organisations in the world. We > can not re-publish or re-create all published in an accessible > formats. > > Next speaker: Ms. Elizabeth Gai Beaumon: Benetech > is a really non-profit Organisation deals in software developing. Benetech > runs the global literacy programme. We started to work in India in > 2008. Bookshare has more than 2 Lakhs sixty thousands members. We > upload books in eight Indian Languages. How bookshare works in terms > of partners we work with DAISY Forum of India. Booksaare is growing by > 3 thousands to 5 thousands books per month. And we have tied up with > big publishers like Sage, And 20 Indian Publishers.George Khushraw > General Secretary of DAISY Consudium. > > Next Session: Access to Digital Television > Speaker: Mr George Abraham: He starts off in an energetic voice by > invoking 3 passions of Indians. Cricket, Politics and Bollywood. And > Audience responds in an expected fashion. Accessibility to TV and Set > of Boxes is a bigger challenge for blind people. We don't know when > our desired channel is clicked and where it is while nevagating > through remote. He discusses his bitter experience with Tata Sky. And > advocates for audio discription of screen display. > > Next Speaker Mr. Richard Orm: He starts off with talking about > 'Talking TV'... He also demonstrates few Audio/Vidio sounds bits to > make audience aware about how your experience of viewing TV is > inclusive when you are described the happenings on the screen. He is > now giving some stats about blind viewership in UK. then talking about > Panasonic invention of Talking TV where remote is talking, when you > change channel it tells you the name of the channel and the programme. > This presentation is very engaging,you know... > > Sorry I missed the last session because have to leave for campus > feeling headake... But would like to share my worth-noting write up > that that many sessions were chaired by those who themselves said: > 'beginner in technology', And it was worth-pondering where majority of > listeners are blind many blind themselves gave PPT presentations... > Perhaps this is the norm these days... > > But overall, my first experience to listen to almost all known faces > at one place on single day who are active in the field in various > capacities will help me in planning future plann how to go take > further disability activism and movement. And time has ripped to move > out of Delhi, please... > > > > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > M.Phil Research Scholar > Centre for The Study of Law and Governance > Jawaharlal Nehru University > New Delhi India > > If any time you wish to be unsubscribed from our Mailing List, please send a > message to > sayeverything-requ...@sayeverything.org > with the subject unsubscribe keeping the message body blank. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://sayeverything.org/mailman/listinfo/sayeverything_sayeverything.org > > Website: http://www.sayeverything.org > -- cheers raghu 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. 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