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Accessible searching

Google appears to have a tool or mini app for almost anything.
Here are some of their answers to making information available to the greatest number of people.

(look at 1-800-GOOG-411)

• Web Search:
  
  Result pages include headers to delineate logical sections.
  
  
• Accessible Search:
  Promotes results that are accessible.
  
  
• Book Search:
  
  Full-text access to public-domain works.
  
  
• Gmail:
  
  A simple yet functional HTML mode that works well with screen readers
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• Gmail Mobile:
  A lightweight user interface that is also speech-friendly.
  
  
• Google Maps:
  Easy-to-use textual directions.
  
  
• Calendar:
  A functional, yet speech-friendly user interface.
  
  
• Audio Captchas:
  
  All services that use Google Accounts provide an audio alternative for the visual challenge-response tests that are used to distinguish humans from machines.
  
  
• Mobile Transcoder:
  
  A mobile lens for viewing the web that produces accessible views.
  
  
• Google Video:
  
  Allows uploaded videos to contain captions/subtitles in multiple languages for viewers who are hearing-impaired or unfamiliar with the original language.
  
  
• Google Talk:
  
  IM clients inside a web browser can pose accessibility challenges, but the use of the open Jabber API means that Google users can choose from a variety of Jabber clients, many of which work well with adaptive technologies.
  
  
• 1-800-GOOG-411:
  
  Here's an exception to the rule that we deliver most things through a web browser. Our experimental Voice Local Search service lets anyone who can speak into a phone search for a local business by name or category; get connected to the business free of charge; get the details by SMS if you’re using a mobile phone. (Just say "text message".)

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