Screen Reader Access
The Department For Welfare Of SCs Portal complies with Guidelines for Indian Government Websites and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 level A. 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, NVDA, SAFA, Supernova and Window-Eyes.
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/ (External website that opens in a new window) |
Free |
|
Thunder |
http://www.webbie.org.uk/thunder/index.htm (External website that opens in a new window) |
Free |
|
WebAnywhere |
https://webanywhere.cs.cmu.edu/wa/webanywhere/ (External website that opens in a new window) |
Free |
|
Hal |
http://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=5 (External website that opens in a new window) |
Commercial |
|
JAWS |
http://www.freedomscientific.com/Products/Blindness/JAWS (External website that opens in a new window) |
Commercial |
|
Supernova |
http://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=1 (External website that opens in a new window) |
Commercial |
|
Window-Eyes |
http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/ (External website that opens in a new window) |
Commercial |