[Accessibility_sig] Google Accessible search engine

[William Greer]

Source: Ai squared newsletter
 
Google Accessible Search a Step in the Right
Direction

Launched July 20th, the new Google Accessible Search from Google Labs is an
exciting and long overdue step toward making the world's most popular
Internet
search engine more accessible to the blind and visually impaired. Using a
new set of algorithms, Accessible Search, currently in beta, presents
results
that are prioritized according to each web site's degree of accessibility
for people that use screen readers.
 
 
In the past, screen reader users had to wade through a lot of inaccessible
web sites and pages to find information they were interested in. Google's
goal
is to provide these individuals a useful and accessible web search
experience that's fast and friendly. In addition to prioritizing search
results according
to accessibility, Google Accessible Search also displays results in a
streamlined layout that screen readers can navigate with greater speed and
accuracy.
Extraneous components and information that clutter the standard Google
search pages, such as sponsored links, are stripped away to optimize
usability.
 
 
 
William Greer
Administrative and Technology Assistant
CTD
(512) 478-3366
wgreer at cotwd.org
 
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