Skip the Date Picker: Finding the Cheapest Flight in One Sentence

If you use a screen reader, a flight search on a typical booking site tends to go something like this:

Find the From box, type Sydney and pick the right airport from the list that pops up.
Do the same for Melbourne.
Open the date picker and step through it, day by day, to next Friday.
Hunt down the currency setting.
Search, and wait for the results to load.
Sort by price, and hope your focus doesn't jump somewhere else.
Read through the results until you find the cheapest one.

That's seven steps before you even hear a price. Here's the same search with LIMA Desktop, our AI assistant for people who are blind or have low vision.

Step One: Say It

"Find me the cheapest flight from Sydney to Melbourne next Friday in Australian dollars, and open it so I can book."

We said "next Friday" and meant the one coming up that week, just two days away. We didn't give LIMA the date. It worked it out:

Today is Wednesday 11 November 2026, so next Friday is 13 November. Let me search for flights from Sydney to Melbourne that day.

Yes, Friday the 13th. LIMA didn't seem to mind.

Step Two: Press Y, Twice

Before searching, LIMA read out exactly what it was about to look up: Sydney to Melbourne, 13 November 2026, in Australian dollars. We pressed Y. Moments later:

The cheapest flight is Virgin Australia Airlines, flight VA814, at 291 Australian dollars. It's a nonstop flight departing Sydney at 7:45 AM and arriving Melbourne at 9:20 AM, about an hour and 35 minutes. It includes a personal item and a cabin bag.

LIMA then asked to open the booking page for that flight. We pressed Y again, and there it was, ready for us to finish booking.

Why There Was No Date Picker

LIMA never had to fight its way through the website. It can connect to online services, and with its Kiwi.com connection turned on, it asks Kiwi.com for flights directly and gets the results back as plain information, ready to read out.

The only web page in the whole search is the booking page at the end, already open and waiting for you.

Five for Five

We asked the same question five times on 11 November. Every time, LIMA came back with the same flight, VA814 at 291 dollars, and opened its booking page with just two presses of Y.

Next time you need a flight, try saying it instead of searching for it. LIMA Desktop has a free plan. See what LIMA Desktop can do.