a spectrum of abilities customer preference temporary condition traditional disability

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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