Dear All,
This came up on another list and I thought it would interest some on this
list.
Google recently launched an accessible web search that takes into account
accessibility when prioritising search results.
http://labs.google.com/accessible/
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.
How does Accessible Search work?
In its current version, Google Accessible Search looks at a number of
signals by examining the HTML markup found on a web page. It tends to favour
pages that degrade gracefully --- pages with few visual distractions and
pages that are likely to render well with images turned off. Google
Accessible Search is built on Google Co-op's technology, which improves
search results based on specialized interests.
The search is still under development at their "Google labs", so if you have
any feedback they will be keen to hear about it.
Cheers
Marcus
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