{"id":75080,"date":"2021-05-03T10:02:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T14:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=75080"},"modified":"2021-05-06T14:40:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T18:40:57","slug":"doubling-down-on-accessibility-microsofts-next-steps-to-expand-accessibility-in-technology-the-workforce-and-workplacesmith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2021\/05\/03\/doubling-down-on-accessibility-microsofts-next-steps-to-expand-accessibility-in-technology-the-workforce-and-workplacesmith\/","title":{"rendered":"Doubling down on accessibility: Microsoft\u2019s next steps to expand accessibility in technology, the workforce &#038; workplace [Smith]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/28\/doubling-down-on-accessibility-microsofts-next-steps-to-expand-accessibility-in-technology-the-workforce-and-workplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Doubling down on accessibility: Microsoft\u2019s next steps to expand accessibility in technology, the workforce and workplace<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from Brad Smith, President of Microsoft<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em class=\"\">Accessibility by design<br \/>\n<\/em>Today, we are announcing a variety of new \u201caccessible by design\u201d features and advances in Microsoft 365, enabling more than 200 million people to build, edit and share documents. Using artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies, we aim to make more content accessible and as simple and automatic as spell check is today. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new background accessibility checker will provide\u00a0a prompt\u00a0to fix accessibility issues in content across\u00a0the core Office apps and Outlook\u00a0will nudge\u00a0users to correct\u00a0accessibility issues.<\/li>\n<li>AI in Microsoft Word will detect and convert to\u00a0heading styles\u00a0crucial for blind and low-vision readers.<\/li>\n<li>A new Excel navigation pane designed for screen readers will help people easily discover and navigate objects in a spreadsheet.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019re expanding Immersive Reader, used by 35 million people every month,\u00a0to help with the comprehension of\u00a0PowerPoint\u00a0slides and notes.<\/li>\n<li>In Teams, high-contrast mode can be used to access shared content using\u00a0PowerPoint Live\u00a0\u00a0which will reduce eye strain and\u00a0accommodate light sensitivity with\u00a0Dark Mode\u00a0in Word.<\/li>\n<li>New LinkedIn features that include auto-captioning for LinkedIn Live broadcasts, captions for enterprise content and dark mode later this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">More than<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/teams\/noncommunicable-diseases\/sensory-functions-disability-and-rehabilitation\/world-report-on-disability\">1 billion<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">people around the world live with a disability, and at some point, most of us likely will face some type of temporary, situational or permanent disability. The practical impacts are huge.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Addendum on 5\/6\/21:<\/em><\/span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wHJJCLV-DNg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doubling down on accessibility: Microsoft\u2019s next steps to expand accessibility in technology, the workforce and workplace &#8212; from Brad Smith, President of Microsoft Excerpt: Accessibility by design Today, we are announcing a variety of new \u201caccessible by design\u201d features and advances in Microsoft 365, enabling more than 200 million people to build, edit and share [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,190,432,838,216,382,309,311,196,480,310,66,212,89,50,188,40,195,118,321,156,312,186,367,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessibility-udl","category-assistive-technologies","category-learner-profiles","category-learning-experience-design","category-microsoft","category-neurodivergent-special-needs","category-platforms","category-presentations","category-productivity-tips-and-tricks","category-society","category-staying-relevant","category-student-related","category-surviving","category-teachers","category-teaching-learning","category-teaching-online","category-technologies-for-your-home","category-tools","category-training-corporate-universities","category-united-states","category-usability","category-user-experience-ux","category-user-interface-design","category-vendors","category-vision-possibilities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75163,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75080\/revisions\/75163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}