{"id":95361,"date":"2019-06-19T17:32:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T17:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=433412"},"modified":"2019-06-19T17:32:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T17:32:51","slug":"5-accessibility-features-that-empower-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/19\/5-accessibility-features-that-empower-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"5 accessibility features that empower everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Empowering everyone means creating technology that reflects human diversity. Many of the features designed for people with disabilities <\/span>can be used by <\/span>all<\/span> <\/span>because they\u2019re created to help make work, life<\/span> and play easier. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s <\/span>recent<\/span> <\/span>Ability Summit gathered employees <\/span>and, on its second day, the broader disability community<\/span> <\/span>to participate in sessions, a product exposition<\/span> and the Disability Talent Job Fair<\/span>. <\/span>This included <\/span>people with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, and accessibility-focused engineers, specialists and organization<\/span>s.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a glimpse <\/span>at<\/span> <\/span>five <\/span>features<\/span> highlighted during<\/span> this year\u2019s Ability Summit<\/span> and accessibility product exposition<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Set <\/span><\/b>your<\/span><\/b> visual tone<\/span><\/b>
Your screen should fit your vision needs, including color, light<\/span> and filter optimizations. Whether you prefer bright, vivid <\/span>screens <\/span>for designing and gaming, or you rely on low<\/span> <\/span>light <\/span>or <\/span>high contrast for better visibility, <\/span>you can easily<\/span> set your default tones and color filters across devices and applications. <\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Go screen-free with narration<\/span><\/b>
If <\/span>you don\u2019t use<\/span> a screen \u2014 or if you\u2019re multitasking \u2014 Narrator<\/span>, buil<\/span>t<\/span> into Windows 10,<\/span> can read pages out loud, describe images<\/span> and link users to content via a Braille keyboard. Office 365 <\/span>is<\/span> designed to work seamlessly with <\/span>Narrator and other <\/span>screen readers<\/span>. And<\/span> apps like Seeing AI<\/a> and Microsoft Soundscape <\/span>go a step further, <\/span>narrat<\/span>ing<\/span> the world around <\/span>people <\/span>who are blind<\/span> <\/span>or<\/span> low vision<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Navigate with <\/span><\/b>AI-powered apps<\/span><\/b>
Microsoft 365 makes it easier to <\/span>steer around your screen<\/span> with the keyboard shortcuts, voice commands<\/span> and eye control built into Windows 10. You can also quickly find <\/span>the documents and people you need using the <\/span>Microsoft Search bar<\/span> <\/span>in Windows 10 and Office 365 applications. <\/span><\/p>\n

And through Microsoft\u2019s <\/span>newly announced partnership with Moovit <\/span><\/a>\u2014<\/span>a <\/span>popular transit app \u2014 navigating the <\/span>physical world will get easier, too. D<\/span>evelopers who use Azure Maps will gain access to the app\u2019s trip planner and transit data, including wheelchair-friendly routes<\/span>. With this information, <\/span>they can build <\/span>innovative, accessible tools to help people of all abilities travel more easily and safely.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enhance comprehension and learning<\/span><\/b>
Microsoft <\/span>365<\/span> <\/span>help<\/span>s<\/span> people <\/span>of varying<\/span> <\/span>hearing<\/span> and language<\/span> <\/span>needs <\/span>with auto-generated subtitles<\/span> and<\/span> captions <\/span>for <\/span>videos and presentations<\/span> built into PowerPoint and Stream<\/span>. <\/span>A<\/span>uto-generated transcripts provide <\/span>comprehensive notes <\/span>of meetings <\/span>to enhance everyone\u2019s team experience, productivity<\/span> and collaboration<\/span>. <\/span>I<\/span>ncreased spacing between lines and letters;<\/span> word suggestions that appear while typing<\/span>;<\/span> and reader support that breaks up tricky parts of speech<\/span> are <\/span>feature<\/span>s <\/span>developed for people with dyslexia <\/span>but <\/span>can help anyone<\/span>. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Find <\/span><\/b>your <\/span><\/b>focus<\/span><\/b>
We\u2019re all distracted sometimes, but for those who regularly struggle to concentrate, features like Focus Assist and Reading View are designed to help keep us on task. <\/span>Clear distracting content from web pages; block unwanted alerts and notifications; and breeze through your to-do list by keeping track of projects and deadlines across synced applications. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

For more on accessibility initiatives at Microsoft, follow @MSFTIssues<\/a> on Twitter.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Empowering everyone means creating technology that reflects human diversity. Many of the features designed for people with disabilities can be used by all because they\u2019re created to help make work, life and play easier.   Microsoft\u2019s recent Ability Summit gathered employees and, on its second day, the broader disability community to participate in sessions, a product exposition and the Disability Talent Job Fair. This included people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[63,50],"class_list":["post-95361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-news","tag-accessibility","tag-recent-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}