[gui-talk] a search engine for the blind

[Steve Jacobson]

Sherri,

I did not assume that you were endorsing the site but rather that you forwarded it because it was interesting.  As Joel mentioned, there have been a few articles on 
this and I have also received questions about it off the list.  My questions about the need for such a search engine were meant to be general ones, and certainly not 
aimed at you in particular.  <smile>

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:27:16 -0400, Sherri wrote:

>I never said it was neat, just an interesting article. I haven't tried it 
>myself and as I said, I think it might be limiting.
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>From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
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>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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