Screen Reader Access

India Science, Technology & Innovation Portal complies with World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 level AA. This will enable people with visual impairments access the website using assistive technologies, such as screen readers. The information of 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 ReaderWebsiteFree / Commercial
Screen Access For All (SAFA)http://www.nabdelhi.inFree
Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA)http://www.nvda-project.orgFree
System Access To Gohttp://www.satogo.com/Free
Thunderhttp://www.screenreader.net/index.php?pageid=2Free
WebAnywherehttp://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.phpFree
Halhttp://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=5Commercial
JAWShttp://www.freedomscientific.com/jaws-hq.aspCommercial
Supernovahttp://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=1Commercial
Window-Eyeshttp://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Commercial