Screen Reader Access

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government Of India website complies with World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 level AA. This will enable people with visual impairments to access the website using assistive technologies, such as screen readers. The information on the website is accessible with different screen readers, such as JAWS.

Following table lists the information about different screen readers:

Information related to the various screen readers

Screen Reader Website Free / Commercial
Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) http://www.nvda-project.org/ Free
System Access To Go http://www.satogo.com/ Free
Hal http://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=5 Commercial
JAWS http://www.freedomscientific.com/products/software/jaws/ Commercial
Supernova http://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=1 Commercial
Window-Eyes http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/ Commercial

Viewing Information in Various File Formats

The information provided by this Web site is available in various formats, such as Portable Document Format (PDF), Word, and also in html format. To view the information properly, your browser need to have the required plug-ins or software. For example, the pdf reader software is required to view the pdf format document. In case your system does not have this software, you can download it from the Internet for free. The table lists the required plug-ins needed to view the information in various file formats.

Document Type   Plug-in for Download
Portable Document Format (PDF) files Adobe Acrobat Reader
Convert a PDF file online into HTML or text format
Word files Word Viewer (in any version till 2003)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word (for 2007 version)
Excel files Excel Viewer 2003 (in any version till 2003)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Excel (for 2007 version)
PowerPoint presentations PowerPoint Viewer 2003 (in any version till 2003)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for PowerPoint (for 2007 version)