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Expert Resources: Microsoft


These are the items that relate to Microsoft found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.

  • Amazing accessibility resources from Microsoft

    Robin Christopherson | 26 May 2022
    We’re living in an age where digital isn’t just desirable – it’s at the very heart of our work, rest and play. If possible, for people with disabilities, it’s even more important than that. 
  • Accessibility Insights: Learning from global accessibility leaders

    Annie Mannion | 10 Dec 2021
    Our Accessibility Insights series of monthly webinars has included guests from Microsoft, ATOS, Google, Barclays, and Sainsbury's.
  • Free webinar: Accessibility Insights with Anita Mortaloni of Xbox/Microsoft

    Annie Mannion | 30 Nov 2021
    Join Anita Mortaloni, Director of Accessibility at Xbox/Microsoft. She's our guest on our webinar on Tuesday 7 December at 1pm GMT.
  • TechShare Pro is back for 2021

    Catherine.Grinyer | 22 Oct 2021
    AbilityNet TechShare Pro is Europe’s biggest event for accessibility and inclusive design and is back for a fifth year - taking place online on 16, 17 and 18 November 2021. It brings together digital accessibility and inclusion specialists from Europe and beyond, with three days of inspirational...
  • Top tips from Microsoft about inclusive, accessible recruitment

    Annie Mannion | 11 Mar 2021
    In our free webinar last week, 'How to do inclusive, accessible recruitment,' we spoke with Microsoft's Digital Inclusion Lead, Michael Vermeersch, about how his organisation approaches accessible recruitment. 
  • How Microsoft does accessible, inclusive recruitment

    Annie Mannion | 08 Feb 2021
    Learn in this free webinar how Microsoft approaches inclusive and accessible recruitment and get best practice tips from expert HR practitioners about accessibility in the workplace.
  • How the pandemic has affected accessible technology, with Microsoft

    Annie Mannion | 14 Jul 2020
    Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Microsoft's Chief Accessibility Officer, joined Robin Christopherson MBE, Head of Digital Inclusion at AbilityNet, who hosts a monthly online chat with individuals who are each working to improve digital accessibility and digital inclusion. In this session Jenny shared her...
  • Use Microsoft Office with confidence - accessibility hacks for students #GAAD

    Jessica Doyle | 15 May 2019
    According to a 2018 survey conducted by non-profit organization Jisc, one in five students use assistive or adaptive technologies, often by choice rather than necessity. What this tells us is that accessible technology is not exclusively a disability issue, but rather a requirement of a diverse...
  • Robots in 2020: How intelligent image recognition will change life for visually impaired people

    Robin Christopherson | 05 May 2016
    More than 500 hours of Youtube footage is uploaded every minute, but almost every second of it is impossible millions of visually impaired people to understand. AbilityNet's Robin Christopherson thinks that's about to change and that by the end of the decade robots will be delivering high quality...
  • Let’s make accessibility checking as common as spell checking

    Robin Christopherson | 29 Mar 2016
    Microsoft has announced advancements to its accessibility checker, as well as enabling it on more devices and for Mac users. Robin Christopherson would like to see an accessibility check become as natural as a spell check
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