[gui-talk] a search engine for the blind

[Steve Jacobson]

Another concern I have is whether by creating a separate web site, they feel they don't have to keep the regular site 
accessible if changes are in the wind.

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:42:34 -0500, Wayne Merritt wrote:

>While I'm all for an "accessible" search engine, who's to say that what's 
>"accessible" for Google is really accessible for me? It seems that the words 
>accessible and usable are developing different definitions, in terms of web 
>access. In other words, a site can be accessible but not usable by a blind 
>person. Like others, I think that in defining what really is accessible, 
>Google might very well leave out the one site I'm looking for. Its nice to 
>see them give some thought to accessibility though. If only we could steer 
>them more towards making some of their other products, like the side bar and 
>desktop options for the Google Desktop Search utility, more accessible and 
>usable by the blind.

>Wayne
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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 ...
>>
>>>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>>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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