Screen Reader Access

The website of the Directorate General Fire Services, Home Guards & Civil Defence, Odisha 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, including 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
Screen Access For All (SAFA)  http://www.nabdelhi.org/NAB_SAFA.htm Free
Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA)  http://www.nvda-project.org/ Free
System Access To Go http://www.satogo.com/ Free

Speech Recognition Support:
The website of the Directorate General Fire Services, Home Guards & Civil Defence, Odisha complies with World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA. This will enable people with mobility impairments, people with visual impairments and senior citizens access the website using assistive technologies, such as speech recognition software. The information of the website is accessible with different speech recognition software, such as Dragon Naturally Speaking as well as Speech Recognition support available in Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. Following table lists the information about different speech recognition software:

Information related to Speech Recognition Software
Speech Recognition Software Website Free / Commercial
Dragon Naturally Speaking http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/products/default.asp  
Windows Speech Recognition in Windows Vista http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/windowsvista/speech.aspx Commercial
Speech Recognition in Windows 7  http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/windows7/ Commercial