Google site to aid the blind
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| Title: | Google site to aid the blind (ID: CSD4491) | |
| Author(s): | Elinor Mills (CNET News.com) | |
| Topics: | Access for Persons with Disabilities, Adaptive and Assistive Technology, Search Engines | |
| Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2006) | |
| Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | |
| Abstract: | A new service from Google Labs promises easier searching for users with visual impairments. Web sites full of graphics and animations are fine for sighted users, but screen readers and other technologies that assist the blind or visually impaired have considerable difficulty rendering such sites in a way that can easily be understood. The new service, called Google Accessible Search site, will evaluate how easily assistive technologies are likely to be able to parse and present the content of a Web page and moves those sites higher in the listing of search results. According to T.V. Raman, research scientist in charge of the service, the service is an "early-stage experiment" that he hopes can be further developed and refined based on user feedback. | |
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