A Brief Presentation on Accessibility of Govt Websites in India

1. Web Accessibility
Current Scenario
Presented by
Gunjan Kumar
Jharkhand Police Data Center
gunjan.india@gmail.com

2. Indian Scenario - Timeline
• February 2008 - W3C address the concept of Web Accessibility at
Techshare India
• December 2008 - WCAG 2.0 released
• February 2009 - Release of Guideline for Indian Government
Websites at http://web.guidelines.gov.in adoption of Level A and
some parts of Level AA
• April 2009 - National Portal of India Launched as Accessible
Website
• January 2010 - First Ministry to have an accessible website -
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

3. Present Scenario
• In India there are more than 6000 Govt. website
but only 20 websites are accessible
• In Jharkhand there are more than 150 Govt
website but only 2 website are partially
accessible

4. How Important it is
• India has ratified the UN Convention for Rights of
People with Disabilities

5. Who is affected
• Visual Impairment
• Hearing Impairment
• Mobility Impairment
• Learning Impairment
• Elderly

6. Who else are affected
• Low Bandwidth User
• Illiterate
• Temporary Disabled
• You and Me

7. What is WCAG
• The WCAG guidelines are widely regarded as
Voluntary international standard for web
accessibility
• W3C WCAG 2.0 is adopted in National Policy on
Universal Accessibility

8. WCAG POUR Principles
• Perceivable
• Operable
• Understandable
• Robust

9. Perceivable
• Provide text alternatives for any non text content
• Provide alternatives for time-based media
• Saparate content from style
• Make it easier for users to see and hear content

10. Operable
• Make all functionality available from a key board
• Provide users enough time to read and use
content
• Do not design content known to cause seizures
• Provide ways to help users navigate, find content
and determine where they are

11. Understandable
• Simplify text content
• Web pages operate in predictable ways
• Help Users avoid and correct mistakes

12. Robust
• Maximize compatibility with other products,
including assistive technologies

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