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Behind the Scenes: On the Street with the Microsoft Soundscape Quality Assurance Team 

June 10, 2020

Hello everyone, Steven from the Microsoft Soundscape team here. I lead the Quality Assurance for Soundscape, and today I’m going to give you some insight into what this involves. We often get asked: “How do you test Microsoft Soundscape?” What…

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Annotating and Sharing Markers with Family and Friends through Microsoft Soundscape 

May 13, 2020

With the COVID-19 situation continuing, we continue to see challenges with in-person support that in regular times would be provided by a sighted guide or a Mobility Instructor. Yet the need to get groceries, head to the pharmacy, and to…

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Quiz time with Microsoft Soundscape 

April 29, 2020

Hi everyone, it seems that one of the most popular activities during this Coronavirus lockdown is the good old-fashioned quiz. We have written a few blogs with Soundscape tips over the last couple of weeks, so we thought now would…

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We’re going to the park: daily exercise using Microsoft Soundscape – Part 2 

April 22, 2020

Hello, Amos from the Microsoft Soundscape team here again. In a recent article we posted, Frazier explained how he uses Microsoft Soundscape to get his daily exercise. This got me thinking about how I use Soundscape for a bit of…

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Getting my daily exercise using Microsoft Soundscape – Part 1 

April 19, 2020

Hi there, I’m Frazier Carr and I’m part of the Quality Assurance team at Microsoft Soundscape. As part of this role, we frequently work with people who are blind or low vision. Given the current state of lockdown in many…

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Travelling to essential services using Microsoft Soundscape 

April 15, 2020

Hi there, it’s Steven from the Microsoft Soundscape Team again. I wanted to talk about some of the challenges we are all facing regarding the restrictions in movement and travel in many places around the globe. Whether you are visually…

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Where in the world – with Microsoft Soundscape 

April 13, 2020

Hello, I’m Steven Abrams and I lead our Quality Assurance on the Microsoft Soundscape team. I spend a lot of time with people who are blind or low vision and their mobility instructors. I wanted to share with you a…

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Getting Fresh Air with Microsoft Soundscape 

April 8, 2020

Hello there, my name is Amos Miller and I’m the Product Lead for Microsoft Soundscape. In this piece, I want to share what I do when going out for a walk with my guide dog Saigon, for us both to…

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Technology breakthrough offers hope for people silenced by disability 

December 18, 2019

Microsoft and other companies joined forces to help Rolls-Royce create new AI technology that will allow people with motor neurone disease (MND) to have a conversation in their own voice, even after they have lost the ability to speak.

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