[nfbcs] What's different about Google and JAWS?

Nicole B. Torcolini at Home ntorcolini at wavecable.com
Tue Jul 5 14:50:35 UTC 2011


Sometimes the summary is there, and sometimes it is not. I think that it has 
to do with the individual result. I do searches, and some of the results 
have the summary and others do not. Try a different search.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] What's different about Google and JAWS?


> For whatever it's worth, I just did a google search, and it looks the same
> as always to me.  I didn't do anything about google instant.
> Has anything changed on your PC, like a new version of JFW or IE?
> Tracy
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm wondering if it is I who sees a difference in Google, or if something
>> really happened that is different when I use it with JAWS.
>>
>>
>>
>> For instance, whenever I do a search, I'm used to there being some sort 
>> of
>> little summary blurb under the link to enter for the search.  That 
>> doesn't
>> happen any more.  Instead, I get two buttons.  One says "Recommend this
>> page" and the other just says "Unlabeled 2" button.  I hit the down arrow
>> once more and it just gives the URL.
>>
>>
>>
>> There's no longer any summary, and I sometimes don't know if that's 
>> really
>> what I want to hit enter on.
>>
>> Does this have to do anything with that Google Instant, because I always
>> get
>> a message that lets screen reader users know that they need to hit enter
>> to
>> turn it off.  I do that.
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyway, if anyone has any answers, let me know.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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