Accessibility features
This website includes some content that is available in non-HTML format. They might not be visible properly if your browser does not have the required plug-ins.
For example, Acrobat Reader software is required to view Adobe Acrobat PDF files. If you do not have this software installed on your computer, you can download it for free. The following table lists some plug-ins that you will require:
| Document Type | Download |
| PDF content | Adobe Acrobat Reader (External website that opens in a new window) |
| Power Point Microsoft Office Open XML Format Presentation (PPTX) |
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats (External website that opens in a new window) |
Speech Recognition
The Ministry of Finance website 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 |
| Windows Speech Recognition in Windows Vista | http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/ windowsvista/speech.aspx (External website that opens in a new window) |
Commercial |
| Speech Recognition in Windows 7 | http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/windows7/ (External website that opens in a new window) | Commercial |
Screen Reader Access
The website 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, 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 |
| Screen Access For All (SAFA) | http://www.nabdelhi.org/NAB_SAFA.htm(External website that opens in a new window) | Free |
| Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) | http://www.nvda-project.org/(External website that opens in a new window) | Free |
| System Access To Go | http://www.satogo.com/(External website that opens in a new window) | Free |
| Thunder | http://www.screenreader.net/index.php?pageid=2(External website that opens in a new window) | Free |
| WebAnywhere | http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php(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/jaws-hq.asp(External website that opens in a new window) | Commercial |
