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Accessibility for all usersMicrosoft’s approach to enabling our customers
Daniel HubbellSenior Marketing Communications Manager - AccessibilityMicrosoft Corporation
A SPECTRUM OF ABILITIES
C U S T O M E R P R E F E R E N C E
T E M P O R A RY C O N D I T I O N
T RA D I T I O N A L D I S A B I L I T Y
CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS
5 7 % C A N B E N E F I T
1 . 4 B O V E R 5 5 BY 2 0 2 0
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
“ENABLE PEOPLE AND
BUS INESSES THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD TO REAL IZE THE IR FULL
POTENT IAL”
…REGARDLESS OF AGE OR
AB IL ITY.
How do we integrate Accessibility
into the core of our organizations?
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Organizational Framework
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People Process Technology
Organizational Framework
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Process Technology
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Web-based TrainingPeople
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Businesses Educators Governments
Training and GuidancePeople
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/guides/
Organizational Framework
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People Technology
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The Development LifecycleProcess
Assess Build Confirm
Organizational Framework
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People Process
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Technology UI Accessibility Checker
http://www.CodePlex.com/AccCheck
UI Accessibility Checker
(AccChecker) is a powerful tool for
testing UIA and MSAA
programmatic accessibility,
keyboard navigation, and other
aspects of UI accessibility.
AccChecker comes in three modes:
• A Graphical User Interface (GUI) tool
for the initial investigations of UIs
• A set of simple APIs for easily
creating automatic test cases
• A command-line tool for batch
processing.
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Technology
Magnifier
On-Screen
Keyboard
Speech
Recognition
Narrator
Touch
More…
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Technology
Accessibility Checker
Sub-Titling Add-in
Save-as DAISY
Content
Magnification
Keyboard shortcuts
More…
But we cannot act alone!
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Maintain - globally-recognized educational
resources
Integrate - accessibility into university curricula
Certify - international accessibility professionals
Mentor - professionals in the industry
Drive - accessibility literacy across job functions
Build - a global community of experts
Recognize – businesses doing accessibility well
Coordinate - related efforts around the world
Promote - sharing of best practices
International Society of Accessibility Professionals
Follow Microsoft Accessibility
http://aka.ms/enableblog
@MSFTEnable
http://youtube.com/msftenable
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