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Inclusion in Action: Andrew reads for the first time with Learning Tools
Mitra and her son, Andrew. The inclusion of people with disabilities is integral to Microsoft’s mission to empower every person to achieve more. We celebrate and live this mission each day, from our...
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Challenge the status quo and reinvent the future of disability employment
By Jessica Rafuse, NGO Program Manager, Microsoft In celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Microsoft recently invited Seattle-area businesses, agencies, and NGO...
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Inclusion in action: Justin promotes inclusivity with technology as his voice
Today, we’re excited to introduce you to Justin, a college student with Athetoid cerebral palsy. He's the second of six individuals featured in our Inclusion in Action series announced last week,...
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Inclusion in action: Veronica scores 100% with Sway magnified to 225%
Today, we’re excited to introduce you to Veronica, a college student with low vision who uses accessibility capabilities in Microsoft Office 365 and Windows 10 to excel academically. Veronica is the...
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Inclusion in action: Cameron shares why he believes it is an exciting time to...
Today, we head to Australia to meet Cameron. He is a university lecturer who believes that with Office 365 and Windows 10 facilitating interaction and collaboration, there’s never been a better time in...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Seeing AI app now available in Australia, Ireland and UK
Microsoft’s Seeing AI app, which helps people who are blind and partially sighted by narrating the world around them, is now available for free download to people in Australia, Ireland and the UK via...
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Inclusion in action: Jack shows students what’s possible with Office 365, a...
Today, we meet Jack Mendez, an instructor, at the Louisiana Center for the Blind. Jack shows his students the full power of technology, and teaches them about the accessibility features and...
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Inclusion in action: Steve uses technology to access printed materials in a...
Today, we’re excited to introduce you to Steve. He is a father who is blind and managed a medical crisis involving his young daughter, with OneNote and Office Lens by his side to make printed materials...
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Empowering the Transformation to a More Inclusive and Accessible World
By Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (UN IDPD) serves as an important reminder that globally there are over a billion people...
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Accessible Diagrams with Microsoft Visio
Data visualization is increasingly a part of every job and profession, and Microsoft Visio can help simplify and communicate complex information using diagrams. We’re committed to making sure that the...
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Updated with currency and color recognition, Seeing AI is available in 35...
Since we first made Seeing AI available, there's been 100,000 downloads of the app and it has assisted users with over 3 million tasks. We have never been more humbled by your feedback and are...
View ArticleNarrator Scan Mode updates for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
Windows 10 has built-in accessibility fundamentals that offer programs and settings to make devices easier and more comfortable to use. Since the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, we’ve made several...
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CodeTalk: Rethinking accessibility for IDEs
By Suresh Parthasarathy, Senior Research Developer; Gopal Srinivasa, Senior Research Software Development Engineer CodeTalk team members from left to right include: Priyan Vaithilingam, Suresh...
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2018 Special Olympics USA Games coming to Seattle in July
Special Olympics athlete Virginia Wade (right) with her coach. Virginia, who is from Seattle, was one of 22 skiers chosen to represent the U.S. women’s team in the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter...
View ArticleTechnology has the power to unlock limitless learning
Microsoft is empowering students to create the world of tomorrow. This week in London at the Bett education tech conference, Yusef Medhi, corporate vice president, Windows and Devices Group, shared...
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Microsoft Accessibility sessions slated for CSUN 2018
Visitors to the CSUN 2017 Microsoft booth experience a Sight Sign app demonstration. Credit: Malavika Rewari. The 33rd annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference is March 19-23 in San Diego,...
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Microsoft joins Be My Eyes app to provide tech support to Blind and Low...
Be My Eyes, a smartphone app for Blind or Low Vision people, now offers technical support from Microsoft’s Disability Answer Desk in a new feature called Specialized Help, available today. For 900,000...
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Microsoft Office 365 gets global recognition for its work in accessibility
Zero Project Award Winner 2018 On Friday February 23, 2018, Microsoft were awarded as an Innovative Practice of the Zero Project 2018 for the accessibility features in Office 365. The Zero Project,...
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Soundscape app empowers people who are blind or have low vision to explore...
By Rico Malvar, Chief Scientist and Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft Advancements in technology can play a deep and meaningful role in the independent mobility of people who are blind or have low...
View ArticleWorking to make Skype more accessible
Today, Microsoft provided an update on our ongoing work to make Skype more accessible. We take feedback very seriously and are grateful to our active accessibility community who point us to areas of...
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