Google Accessible Web Search
Google has made an important step forward for the visually impaired by providing a specific search tool to assist the blind and visually impaired to search and find internet content built with accessibility in mind. They call it Google Accessible Search. The following is from their FAQ.
“What is Google Accessible Search?”
Accessible Search is an early Google Labs product designed to identify and prioritize search results that are more easily usable by blind and visually impaired users. Regular Google search helps you find a set of documents that is most relevant to your tasks. Accessible Search goes one step further by helping you find the most accessible pages in that result set.
“Why is Google offering this?”
… In the past, visually impaired Google users have often waded through a lot of inaccessible websites and pages to find the required information. Our goal is to provide a more useful and accessible web search experience for the blind and visually impaired.
This feature will make it easier for visually impaired to find sites that are already built with accessibility in mind, but the opportunity for better search page results will also encourage web site producers to change their sites to make them more accessible. Sites built with accessibility in mind are typically better for all users.
