Help for Screen Reader access
Ali Yavar Jung National Institute For The Hearing Handicapped (AYJNIHH) 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 Supernova, JAWS, NVDA, SAFA, and Window-Eyes.
Following table lists the information about different 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 |
| Thunder | http://www.screenreader.net/index.php?pageid=2 |
Free |
| WebAnywhere | http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/wa.php |
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 |
| Window-Eyes |
http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/ |
Commercial |
Accessibility help
Use the accessibility options provided by this Web site to control the screen display. These options allow increasing the text spacing, changing the text size and color scheme for clear visibility and better readability.
Changing the Text Size
Changing the size of the text refers to making the text appearing smaller or bigger from its standard size. There are five options provided to you to set the size of the text that affect readability. These are:
- Largest: Displays information in the largest font size.
- Larger: Displays information in a font size larger than the standard font size.
- Medium: Displays information in a standard font size, which is the default size.
- Smaller: Displays information in a font size smaller than the standard font size.
- Smallest: Displays information in the smallest font size.
The website allows you to change the text size by clicking on the text size icons present at the top of each page.
Text size Icons
Following different options are provided in the form of icons which are available on the top of each page:
Decrease text size: Allows to decrease the text size up to two levels
Normal text size: Allows to set default text size
Increase text size: Allows to increase the text size up to two levels
Changing the Color Scheme
Changing the color scheme refers to applying a suitable background and text color that ensures clear readability. There are four options provided to change the color scheme. These are:
Standard view: applies white color as the background and black color to the foreground text to set the default contrast.
High Contrast view: applies black color as the background and white color to the foreground text to improve readability.
