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Understanding Guidelines for Indian Government Websites, India by BarrierBreak aims at bringing out the importance of the guidelines, understanding its objectives and how one needs to implement it.
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Redefining Disability
Understanding Guidelines for
Indian Government Websites
By Mamta TandelHead – Accessible Development
BarrierBreak Technologies
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Indian Scenario
Civil right of people with disabilities in India for:
• Equal Opportunities• Equal Participation• Equal Access
Understanding needs of different types of disabilities is important
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Types of Disabilities• Functional
Disabilities caused due to some sort of:– physical,– mental &– sensory disability
• SituationalInability to perform an action, in a given situation, or under certain circumstances
•Age relatedAs we grow older we may get low vision or mobility impairment and need assistance
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Problems faced by the Disabled
Traveling, Communication, Education, Employment, Leisure
Communication
Education
Employment Leisure
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Discuss…
Let us discuss some of the common problems faced by different types of
disabilities
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Points to think…
So what exactly should a website have in order to be accessible?
What do we mean by ‘accessible’ website?
What is Accessibility?
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What is Accessibility?• The ease with which one can reach ANY text, link,
image, table irrespective of the type of device, technology, or assistive technology
• Civil right - Right to participate within a society on an equal footing with everyone else
Accessibility and Technology
Products should be designed and developed such that it can be used by people with or
without disabilities
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Web Accessibility – India Scenario
• Web Guidelines for Indian Government websites
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Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW)• An Integral Part of Central Secretariat Manual of
Office Procedure• Prepared by National Informatics Centre (NIC)• Adopted by Department of Administrative
Reforms and Public Grievances & Pension• Published in January 2009• Online: http://web.guidelines.gov.in/
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Objectives of the Guidelines Ensure that Indian Government websites, belonging to ANY CONSTITUENT of the
Government, at ANY LEVEL, are citizen centric and visitor friendly.
It is advised that these guidelines be followed while developing or managing ANY:
• Government website,• Portal or
• Web based application
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Contents of the Guidelines • Guideline document is divided into:
– 10 chapters
– Compliance Matrix
01 Introduction
02 Government of India Identifiers
03 Building Confidence
04 Scope of Content
05 Quality of Content
06 Design
07 Development
08 Website Hosting
09 Website Promotion
10 Website Management
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Background• Indian Government has laid a lot of
emphasis on Anytime, Anywhere delivery of Government services
• Over 5000 Government websitesProblem
Websites follow Different look and feel as well as functionality
Solution
Need for Standardisation and Uniformity in websites
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Why is Compliance to Guidelines essential? - 1
• Guidelines framed to make Indian Government Websites conform to the essential pre-requisites of UUU trilogy:– Usable– User-Centric– Universally Accessible
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Why is Compliance to Guidelines essential? - 2• Also form the basis for obtaining Website Quality
Certification from Standardisation Testing Quality Certification (STQC)
• Guidelines are being circulated amongst all Indian Government Departments at all levels:– Central– State, and – District
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How to use these Guidelines• Departments are expected to read, understand
and implement these guidelines on all of their web-based initiatives
• Though not mandated, it is advised that even Intranet applications of the Departments, which are mostly browser based, may follow these guidelines
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Mandatory, Advisory & Voluntary
• Guidelines divided into 3 categories:– Mandatory – MUST
• Departments are supposed to mandatorily comply with
– Advisory – Should• Recommended practices or advisories that are
considered highly important and desirable but for their wide scope and a degree of subjectivity these guidelines would have otherwise qualified to be mandatory
– Voluntary – May• Can be adopted by a Department if deemed
suitable
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Want to Implement GIGW?• Understand the compliance matrix
• Identify the your target audience
• Ensure that GIGW is a part of your RFP or Tender
• Test the product post vendor delivery
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How can BarrierBreak help you?
• Conducting Accessibility Training
• Develop your Website or application keeping in mind GIGW
• Conduct Accessibility Testing of your products
• Contact us at info@barrierbreak.com
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Let Technology be Inclusive!• Assistive Technology
Products
– Visual Impairment
– Hearing Impairment
– Mobility Impairment
– Learning Impairment
– Elderly
• Accessibility Services– Accessible Web Development
– POUR Accessibility Testing
• Design Review• Template Review• Component Test• Product Accessibility
Testing• Task Oriented Testing
– Accessible Conversion• Digital Talking Book• PDF Conversion
• Events and Initiatives
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Where to Contact Me?
email: mamta.tandel@barrierbreak.com;
mamta.tandel@n-syst.com
office: +91-22-2686 0485/6
Connect with me at:
MamtaTandel
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