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Viewing Information in Various File Formats

The information provided by this Web site is available in various formats, such as Portable Document Format (PDF), Word, and also in html format. To view the information properly, your browser need to have the required plug-ins or software. For example, the pdf reader software is required to view the pdf format document. 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 Plug-in for Download
Portable Document Format (PDF) files image Adobe Acrobat Reader
Convert a PDF file online into HTML or text format
Word files image Word Viewer (in any version till 2003)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word (for 2007 version)
Excel files image Excel Viewer 2003 (in any version till 2003)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Excel (for 2007 version)
PowerPoint presentations image PowerPoint Viewer 2003 (in any version till 2003)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for PowerPoint (for 2007 version)
Flash content image Adobe Flash Player


Screen Reader Access

The National Government Services Portal 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:

Information related to the various screen readers
Screen Reader Website Free / Commercial
Screen Access For All (SAFA) https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/safa-developer Free
Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) http://www.nvda-project.org Free
System Access To Go http://www.satogo.com Free
Thunder http://www.webbie.org.uk/thunder Free
WebAnywhere http://webinsight.cs.washington.edu/ Free
Hal http://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=5 Commercial
JAWS http://www.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/JAWS Commercial
Supernova http://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=1 Commercial
Window-Eyes http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/ Commercial