[gui-talk] a search engine for the blind

[Steve Jacobson]

What do others think about this special Google search engine for the blind?  I really don't want someone deciding for me what I am capable of reading or navigating 
when I am looking for something on a search site.  I will even go a step further and say that I don't understand Google spending time on this at the expense of 
working to solve other accessibility problems on their site.Can someone tell me what I'm missing here?  I understand that nothing is stopping me from using the 
regular search engine, but I just don't understand what is so neat about this.

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:58:03 -0400, Sherri wrote:

>I ran across this article in a weekly newsletter I receive. I haven't tried 
>this site yet, but thought this might be of interest. The link to get to the 
>entire article is at the bottom of this e-mail.

>Sherri
>> A Search Engine For The Blind: Google Unveils Accessible Web ...

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>by Chris Sabga
>Infopackets Gazette
>Infopackets Contributor

>Google has just unveiled Accessible Web Search, a search engine for the
>visually-challenged. Here's how it works: Regular Google sorts search
>results primarily by how relevancy, but Accessible Search takes it a step
>further by also listing pages will that will be easy for the blind to
>navigate. To meet Google's Accessible Web Search criteria, a web Site has
>to be "visually simple." That means it ...
>... Click to read the rest of the article (and our most recent articles)
>online:

>http://www.infopackets.com/channels/en/windows/gazette/2006/20060726_a_search_engine_for_the_blind_google_unveils_accessible_web_search.htm

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