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A new home for accessibility at Google
October 16, 2009
Information access is at the core of
Google’s mission
, which is why we work to make the world's content available to people with disabilities, such as blindness, visual impairment, color deficiency, deafness, hearing loss and limited dexterity. Building accessible products isn't only the right thing to do, it also opens up Google services to very significant populations of people. According to the United Nations,
650 million people
live with a disability, which makes them the world's largest minority.
We regularly develop and release accessibility features and improvements. Sometimes these are snazzy new applications like the a new
talking RSS reader
for Android devices. Other times the changes aren't flashy, but they're still important, such as our recent incremental improvements to
WAI-ARIA support in Google Chrome
(adding support for ARIA roles and labels). We also work on more foundational research to improve customization and access for our users, such as
AxsJax
(an Open Source framework for injecting usability enhancements into Web 2.0 applications).
We've
written frequently
about accessibility on our various blogs and help forums, but this information has never been easily accessible (pun intended) in one central place. This week we've launched a handy new website for Accessibility at Google to pull all our existing resources together:
www.google.com/accessibility
. Here you can follow the latest accessibility updates from our blogs, find resources from our help center, participate in a discussion group, or send us your feedback and feature requests. Around here, we often say, "launch early and iterate" — meaning, get something out the door, get feedback, and then improve it. In that tradition, our accessibility website is pretty simple, and we expect this site to be the first of many iterations. We're excited about the possibilities.
The thing we're most excited about is getting
your feedback
about Google products and services so we can make them better for the future. Take a look and let us know what you think.
Posted by Jonas Klink, Accessibility Product Manager
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