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Screen Reader Access

The National Portal of India fully complies with Guidelines for Indian Government Websites. Our visitors with visual impairments can access the Portal using Assistive Technologies, such as screen readers. The information of the Portal is accessible with different screen readers, such as JAWS, NVDA, SAFA, Supernova and Window-Eyes. Following table lists the information about different screen readers:

Website	Free / Commercial
Screen Access For All (SAFA)	Free
Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA)	Free
System Access To Go	Free
Thunder	Free
WebAnywhere	Free
Hal	Commercial
JAWS	Commercial
Supernova	Commercial

Viewing Information in Various File Formats

The information provided by this portal is available in various file formats, such as Portable Document Format (PDF), Word, Excel and PowerPoint. To view the information properly, your browser need to have the required plug-ins or software. For example, the Adobe Flash software is required to view the Flash files. 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	Download
PDF content	Adobe Acrobat Reader
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)
Audio Files	Windows Media Player