[nabs-l] FW: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page NoLongerAccessible

Thu Dec 15 02:10:05 UTC 2011

It will play for me, it's just very hard to understand.  So I 
would still consider it inaccessible for that reason.

Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
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Date sent: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:59:20 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] FW: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page 
NoLongerAccessible

I haven't had any problems doing searches.
Navigating other parts of the site, may be a problem.
Even GMail's audio Captcha is inaccessible.
It won't play.
Google has a long way to go, as far as accessibility is 
concerned.
Blessings, Joshua

On 12/13/11, Humberto Avila <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
 Hello Joshua,

 I just looked at this myself and, to my knowledge, they are 
using sliders
 that you can slide with a mouse instead of combo boxes, 
checkboxes and radio
 buttons.  These sliders, of course, are not accessible with JAWS 
and NVDA.

 -----Original Message-----
 From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
 Of Joshua Lester
 Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:48 PM
 To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] FW: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page 
No
 LongerAccessible

 It is accessible.
 It says, "Screenreader users, click here."
 Blessings, Joshua

 On 12/13/11, Humberto Avila <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
 I am bringing this to your attention as it looks like this 
change occurred
 just today.  Please read on.  This company is facing another 
possible
 lawsuit.

 -----Original Message-----
 From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
 Behalf Of Gerald Levy
 Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:13 AM
 To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
 Subject: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer 
Accessible

 Hi list.  Has anyone else noticed that you can no longer change 
your
 search
 preferences on the Google Search Settings page?  The radio boxes
 previously
 used to select a particular option under each heading seem to 
have
 vanished.
 For instance, under the Google Instant heading, On and Off are 
listed, but
 there are no radio or check boxes to select the option you want.  
And
 under
 the Number of Search Results Per Page heading, the numbers 10, 
20, 30, 40,
 50 and 100 are listed, but there seems to be no way to select 
the number
 you
 want.  And nothing happens when you hit Space or Enter on the 
Save button,
 so there is apparently no way to activate it to save your 
preferences like
 you could before.  I have tried JAWS 9, NVDA and SA to Go with 
both IE 8
 and
 Firefox, but can't select anything on the Search Settings page 
no matter
 what screen reader/browser combination I try.  Has Google 
suddenly made
 its
 Search Settings page inaccessible, and is there any work around 
for this
 problem?  Google seems to be becoming less and less accessible 
every day.
 Maybe the NFB should look into this issue.  Thanks for any 
feedback.

 Gerald

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