{"id":93468,"date":"2019-05-14T18:42:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T18:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=432880"},"modified":"2019-05-14T18:42:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T18:42:46","slug":"5-ways-tech-is-changing-how-people-with-disabilities-experience-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/14\/5-ways-tech-is-changing-how-people-with-disabilities-experience-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"5 ways tech is changing how people with disabilities experience the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For the past eight years, Microsoft has brought together people from different parts of the company at the Ability Summit. This year\u2019s gathering is taking place May 30 to 31 at Microsoft\u2019s headquarters in Redmond, Wash.<\/p>\n

The summit,<\/span> d<\/span>esigned to empower all people<\/span> \u2013 in<\/span>cluding the more than one billion people with disabilities<\/span> <\/span>\u2013<\/span> <\/span>has been a place for accessibility innovation<\/span>. I<\/span>n <\/span>2015 <\/span>it<\/span> helped give way to the Xbox Adaptive Controller<\/a>.  <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a closer look at the controller and other recent technologies<\/a> with inclusive design. <\/span><\/p>\n

Seeing AI<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence <\/span>is <\/span>bringing descriptive detail to <\/span>people<\/span> in the form of <\/span>an app, Microsoft\u2019s <\/span>Seeing AI<\/span>. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Seeing AI<\/span><\/a> is <\/span>designed <\/span>for<\/span> people<\/span> who are blind or <\/span>with <\/span>low vision<\/span>.<\/span> It<\/span> augment<\/span>s<\/span> the world around the<\/span> user<\/span> with audio descriptions. <\/span>And i<\/span>t read<\/span>s<\/span> short bursts of text and scan<\/span>s<\/span> product barcodes. Documents can be <\/span>photographed<\/span> and <\/span>their content <\/span>read<\/span> <\/span>back. <\/span>Seeing AI <\/span>also<\/span> <\/span>scan<\/span>s<\/span> and read<\/span>s<\/span> handwritten notes<\/span><\/p>\n

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