Accessibility in Middle East & Africa
Have a look at some accessibility stories from all over Middle East & Africa:
- Israel’s Alun adopts Xbox to help kids with disabilities
- Disability Connect, South Africa’s leading portal for disability in the workplace news, features Microsoft
- Zayed Higher Organization for People of Determination teams up with Microsoft to accelerate remote and assistive learning
- A variety of accessibility focused talks and workshops, including those tailored for developers and technical audiences such as “Programming for Accessibility”
- The Microsoft Special Hack initiative, an engagement that partnered us with the UAE Special Olympics tournament, brought together technology experts, special Olympics subject-matter experts, and other stakeholders in a Hackathon, designed to make technology more accessible and empowering for the Special Olympics community.
Empower your people
Maximise your organisation's potential by building a culture that represents everyone. Organisations that are inclusive and accessible are more innovative and resilient.
Discover inclusive hiring practices
- Get disability, inclusion and hiring resources
- Create opportunities at work for people with autism
- Get the Support employment program toolkit
Support different ways of working
- Learn how to become Disability Confident
- Collaborate and communicate inclusively with Teams
- Discover how Microsoft employees are designing a more accessible world
Grow your workforce's skills
Building a diverse workforce
"Having a diverse group of people working for you actually enhances the ability of an organisation to prosper," says Mahomed Khatri, Evenbreak account manager.
Build inclusive hybrid places
With 73 percent* of employees wanting flexible working options, discover how to foster an inclusive, supportive hybrid workplace.
Start your accessibility journey
- Create clarity in your accessibility journey
- Discover the benefits of an accessibility strategy
- Learn how our partners are enacting change with the Partner Pledge
Grow an inclusive and diverse culture
Drive accessible practices
Closing the digital divide
Discover how SeeAbility is working to close the digital divide in the Middle East & Africa and empowering people to upskill, stay connected and work together through technology.
Create accessible processes
Accessible technology and processes can help unlock opportunities across society and optimise how we connect and collaborate.
Build solutions for everyone
Optimise the way you work
- Discover accessibility technology and tools
- Get tips and tricks from our Microsoft Accessibility Champions
- Get tech tips to build mental hygiene
Amplify human capability
Driving accessibility innovation
At Microsoft, we're continuously growing in our accessibility journey. This is why we're working with Signly to add sign language to our website.
Partners and Startups engagement
- 2 Startups recruited and supported under the Microsoft for Startups Program: Key2Enable and RightHear
- 1 Startup supported through the AI4Accessibility Program: WeWalk
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Expanding our Accessibility solutions catalogue and readiness through partners
(e.g. eSense, Evolv, and SmartNav by Tech Unicorn)
Useful Links
Keyboard shortcuts in Excel
How to use Excel shortcut keys for the US keyboard layout.
- Keyboard shortcuts in Excel
- 3 Quick Tips for Navigating Excel Spreadsheets with JAWS
- Modern workplace accessibility
- Importance of accessibility
- Improve accessibility with the Accessibility Checker
- Our accessibility commitment
- Accessibility journey
- Accessibility fundamentals
- Everything you need to know to write effective alt text
Get additional support
The Enterprise Disability Answer Desk is a support resource for organisations that have questions about the accessibility of Microsoft products and product compliance.
Get customer support and extra resources for accessibility in Microsoft products and use of assistive technology.