Accessibility
Know about the accessibility statement, accessibility features, and accessibility options. We are committed to ensure that the SAC website is accessible to all users irrespective of device in use, technology or ability. It has been built, with an aim,to provide maximum accessibility and usability to its visitors.
We have put in our best efforts to ensure that all information on this Portal is accessible to people with disabilities. For example, a user with visual disability can access this Portal using assistive technologies, such as screen readers and magnifiers.
We also aim to be standards compliant and follow principles of usability and universal design, which should help all visitors of this Portal.
This Portal is designed using XHTML 1.0 Transitional and meets priority 1 (level A) of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 laid down by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Part of the information in the Portal is also made available through links to external Web sites. External Web sites are maintained by the respective departments who are responsible for making these sites accessible.
Viewing different file types
Document Type | Download |
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Portable Document Format (PDF) files | Adobe Acrobat Reader |
MP4 files | Windows Media Player / VLC Media Player |
Text Size Icons
Following different options are provided in the form of icons which are available on the top of each page:
Allows to increase the text size up to Two levels
Allows to decrease the text size up to Two levels
Allows to set default text size
Changing the color scheme refers to applying a suitable background and text color that ensures clear readability. There are two options provided to change the color scheme. These are:
Default contrast scheme
Yellow text on Black background
Screen Reader Access
Provides information regarding access to different Screen Readers.
Space Applications Centre fully complies with Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (link is external). 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:
Screen Reader | Website | Free / Commercial |
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Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) | http://www.nvda-project.org | 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 |