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.
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Robin Christopherson | 26 May 2022We’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.
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Annie Mannion | 10 Dec 2021Our Accessibility Insights series of monthly webinars has included guests from Microsoft, ATOS, Google, Barclays, and Sainsbury's.
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Annie Mannion | 30 Nov 2021Join Anita Mortaloni, Director of Accessibility at Xbox/Microsoft. She's our guest on our webinar on Tuesday 7 December at 1pm GMT.
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Catherine.Grinyer | 22 Oct 2021AbilityNet 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...
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Annie Mannion | 11 Mar 2021In 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.
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Annie Mannion | 08 Feb 2021Learn 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.
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Annie Mannion | 14 Jul 2020Jenny 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...
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Jessica Doyle | 15 May 2019According 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...
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Robin Christopherson | 05 May 2016More 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...
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Robin Christopherson | 29 Mar 2016Microsoft 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
