Screen Reader Access

The Ministry of Department of Science & Technology website 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 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.

To know more about the DST, kindly visit http://www.dst.gov.in/

Following table lists the information about different 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
Web Anywhere http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php Free
Hal http://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=5 Commercial
JAWS http://www.freedomscientific.com/jaws-hq.asp Commercial
Supernova http://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=1 Commercial
Window-Eyes http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/ Commercial