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Microsoft Soundscape: Lighting up the world with sound
A few years ago, when my daughter was only 5, we walked down the street after going to see a play at the Angel Theatre in London, looking for a place to get a bite. Dad and Kiddo, a normal…
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Mapping the World With Sound
Microsoft Soundscape encourages you to wander. Unlike step-by-step navigation tools, the app never tells you where to go or what to do. In the same way the smell of baking bread might help you discover a nearby café, it offers…
Advancing accessibility with Dr. Meredith Ringel Morris
Episode 25, May 23, 2018 - Dr. Morris gives us some fascinating insights into the world of “ability,” talks about how technology is augmenting not only sensory and motor abilities, but cognitive and social abilities as well, and shares how…
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How to create accessible apps and immersive game experiences with new eye tracking APIs
Last year in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, we introduced Eye Control, an experience that allows customers to control Windows using only their eyes. We continue to design with individuals like Steve Gleason in mind, and always challenge ourselves…
HEARING IS BELIEVING – Researchers’ innovation provides a richer web-browsing experience for people who are blind
Imagine for a moment that you are blind and are navigating the web using a screen reader to hear websites rather than see them. Imagine that the article you have navigated to includes images. To understand the content and significance,…
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Soundscape app empowers people who are blind or have low vision to explore the world
Advancements in technology can play a deep and meaningful role in the independent mobility of people who are blind or have low vision. That is why we created Microsoft Soundscape, a research project available today for free on iOS and…
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Microsoft joins Be My Eyes app to provide tech support to Blind and Low Vision customers
For 900,000 people across 150 countries, the Be My Eyes app and its hundreds of thousands of sighted volunteers help people who are Blind or Low Vision do tasks, like cooking, or helping them find something they lost, reading a…
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Empowering the Transformation to a More Inclusive and Accessible World
United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (UN IDPD) serves as an important reminder that globally there are over a billion people with a disability. This year’s theme, “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all” is especially relevant…
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Inclusion in action: Steve uses technology to access printed materials in a crisis
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 accessible. His is the…