Google launches an accessibility survey

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Wednesday, 24 August 2011 10:20am

Google has announced a survey for users who are blind or vision impaired to better understand computer usage and assistive technology patterns in the blind community.

The survey, developed with the American Council of the Blind, takes approximately 20 minutes to complete and can be accessed online on your computer or mobile device, or by telephone.

Google encourages all people who are blind or vision impaired who use assistive technology to access the web to participate in the survey. The responses will help it to understand the needs of the community and further develop the accessibility of its products.

Google has been working towards improving accessibility features of its products. For example, the latest version of Google Chrome (Beta) now has voice-to-text capabilities, a feature that will ultimately enable users to input text by speaking into the computer’s microphone rather than using a keyboard. Also, the next version of Google Chrome Operating System (OS), an operating system targeted at netbooks, will include an in built screen reader.


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