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Current Issue	13^thFebruary 2016 - 19 February 2016, i.e. No. 45

Screen Reader Access

The Employment News 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
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
Supernova	http://www.yourdolphin.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=1 (External website that opens in a new window)	Commercial
Window-Eyes	http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/ (External website that opens in a new window)	Commercial

Speech Recognition Support

The Employment News 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
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