Microsoft is committed to inclusive design and accessibility. They are developing various tools and technologies to improve accessibility for over 1 billion people with disabilities. This includes accessibility checkers, learning tools, automatic alt text, live captions and subtitles, and more. Microsoft's goal is to use AI and other innovations to help people with disabilities and adapt technology to individuals. They have established programs and resources like the Disability Answer Desk to support customers.

2. roberdan@microsoft.com @roberdan
FightTheStroke.org
Office 365 Engineer
EMEA Business Productivity
+39 342 1809129 jiyua@microsoft.com

3. Microsoft Mission
Empower every person and every
organization on the planet to achieve more

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7. Over 1 billion people
with disabilities.

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12. Permanent Temporary Situational

13. A solvable design challenge that drives innovation
“Stairs make the building
inaccessible, not the wheelchair”
Disability is a complex phenomenon, reflecting the interaction between features of a
person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives.
- World Health Organization

14. Learn from diversity.Solve for one, extend to many.Recognize exclusion.
Inclusive Design at Microsoft
aka.ms/InclusiveDesign

16. Accessibility Checker analyzes your material and provides recommendations alongside your
document, helping you understand how to fix errors and create more accessible content
• Simply select 'Check Accessibility'
under the 'Review' tab to get
started.
• Now easily discoverable in Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote,
Outlook, and Visio.
Learn More
aka.ms/AccessibilityChecker

17. Assistive technologies built into Office 365 that implement proven techniques to improve reading and
writing for people with learning disabilities, emerging readers and new language learners.
2015 Hackathon Winner
• Learning Tools help people improve
their reading skills, including gifted
learners and students with learning
differences by assisting decoding,
fluency, and comprehension.
• Editor helps everyone write easy-to-
read documents, with more
confidence by reducing the energy
spent on low-level processing like
spelling and grammar
Learn More
aka.ms/LearningTools
aka.ms/Editor

18. Automatic Alterative Text (Alt Text) leverages intelligent image analysis to automatically give suggestions for
alt-text descriptions for images
• Helps save time and ensures
your media-rich PowerPoint
presentations are accessible
• Provides a confidence rating
regarding the accuracy of the
image description.

19. Live captions & subtitles provides real-time transcriptions of a presenter’s spoken words that appear
onscreen either in the same language or in a different language.
• Supports presenting in one of
10+ spoken languages
• Shows captions/subtitles on the
screen in one of 60+ text
languages.
Learn More
aka.ms/PowerPointSubtitles

20. Call captioning with live subtitles for Skype provide a more engaging experience, especially for
people who are deaf or hard of hearing
• Easy to turn on and use, and optimized
to be fast, continuous, and contextually
update as people speak.
• Skype will be rolling out translation
support for over 20 languages and
dialects in the coming weeks.
Learn More
aka.ms/SkypeSubtitles

21. Automated transcription services using AI technology will be natively available for video and audio
files in OneDrive and SharePoint beginning later this year.
While viewing a video or listening to
an audio file, a full transcript
(improving both accessibility and
search) will show directly in our
industry-leading viewer, which
supports over 320 different file types.
Learn More
aka.ms/AutomaticTranscription

22. Make your PC more accessible in just a few quick steps.
Use your PC without a display
Narrator lets you hear audio descriptions for
elements on the screen, like text and buttons.
See what's on the screen
Make the content on your screen bigger using
Magnifier, or use high contrast mode.
Use your keyboard
Turn on Sticky Keys, Toggle Keys, Filter Keys, or
the On-Screen Keyboard.
Use your mouse
Change the pointer size, or turn on Mouse Keys
to use your keypad to move the mouse.
Learn More
aka.ms/EaseOfAccessSettings

23. Talking Camera for the Blind
Learn More
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeing-ai/id999062298?mt=8

24. Disruptive innovations that will change what’s
possible for people with disabilities.
Today you adapt to technology.
In the future, technology adapts to you.

25. A five-year, $25 million program that harnesses the power of
AI to amplify human capability for the more than one billion
people around the world with a disability.
Focus Areas:
Employment
Use AI to help people develop additional skills in the workplace
and evolve the culture around inclusive hiring.
Daily Life
Build modern solutions for people with disabilities by making
software and devices smarter and more contextually relevant.
Communication & Connection
Modernize communication options for people, regardless of
how they listen, speak, or write.
Learn More
aka.ms/AIforAccessibility

26. The Disability Answer Desk is where customers with disabilities get support with Microsoft Office and
Windows. This includes product issues, accessibility questions, and use of assistive technology.
Consumer:
Commercial:
Be my Eyes Partnership Self-Help Video Guides ASL Support
Contact us in the way that works best for you.

28. Q&A
Follow us on Twitter:
• @MSFTenable
Learn more at:
• Microsoft.com/accessibility

29. roberdan@microsoft.com @roberdan
FightTheStroke.org
Office 365 Engineer
EMEA Business Productivity
+39 342 1809129 jiyua@microsoft.com