Podcasts about microsoft accessibility

Coffee club notes for May 1, 2024We answered technology questions. Can you play mp3 files in a folder in Android? Yes, it should be easy to do that. How to use Sirius/XM on your iPhone. The app gives you access to the channels on XM.How to fix Thunderbird so it doesn't delete messages that I didn't want to. 1-800-936-5000 is the Microsoft Accessibility hotline number.How to keep the skin on chicken thighs from getting tough? Try spritzing the skin with oil. Chris gave a recipe for French's crunchy onion chicken.

This month, join the Girl Tech Innov8rs as they dive into updates about Summer professional learning opportunities, Microsoft Innovator Educator Programs, and the latest information on becoming an MIE Expert. They also discuss the Edtech Assemble Virtual Technology Conference, new features in Canva, and provide examples of the best ways for teachers to use it in the classroom. Great discussions happen around creating lessons that are inclusive by design for all learners using the Microsoft Accessibility pathways in Learn. 

Join me, Aarna Sahu, on a captivating journey with Iris Guo, Product Manager at Arteria AI, as we delve into her impactful roles at Scale AI, Studdy AI, Google X Robotics, and Microsoft Accessibility. Iris, a tech dynamo and social entrepreneur, unveils her experiences leading two non-profits, guiding a team of 60, and raising $42,000 for 3k free meals at OpenMeal. Discover Iris's passion for building products with scalable social impact and be inspired by her commitment to making a positive mark both within and beyond the tech industry. This episode is a celebration of resilience, innovation, and the transformative power of women in tech.

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Technological change within the workplace is often rapid with frequent system updates. More companies are adopting software that operates via a web page browser - or what is known as the cloud. Listener Matt Johnson, a data protection and privacy lawyer, contacted In Touch to say he feels the move to cloud-based software in the workplace is causing serious access problems for people who are blind or partially sighted. He puts his concerns to Microsoft's director of Accessibility Evangelism Hector Minto, asking what the company is doing to help. Peter also talks to Kelvin Duncan, Technical Consultant at accessibility consultancy firm Blazie, and to The RNIB's Robin Spinks about whether the UK's leading visual impairment charity should be lobbying harder for law changes to improve access to technology. Presenter: Peter White Producer: Beth Hemmings Production Coordinator: Liz Poole Website image description: pictured is a man in a grey shirt and glasses working at his computer desk. His back is toward the camera. Surrounding him are three computer screens, keyboards and office desk items (pens, bits of paper etc). In the background are a series of large windows that reach from floor to ceiling. In one of them, there is a reflection of another man working in another part of the office. Below are some helpful accessibility resources from Microsoft: Accessibility insights. These help developers create accessible products: https://accessibilityinsights.io/ Accessibility fundamentals. Where they offer training and support on accessibility within Microsoft tools: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/accessibility-fundamentals/

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It's a great show this week (unlike all those OTHER shows every other week) as Rob, Ryan and Steve welcome David Dame, Director of Accessibility at Microsoft Canada to the podcast. They discuss what's new over at Microsoft Accessibility and what kinds of initiatives are in the works in order to help improve digital accessibility and inclusion. They may even entertain a few theories on what may have happened to everyone's favorite paper clip …. #WheresClippy   Show Transcript: https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/at-banter-podcast-episode-244-david-dame.pdf Show Notes Dave Dame https://www.davedame.com/home David Dame - TedX https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_dame_sprinting_with_cerebral_palsy AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324. Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.

 Megan Lawrence is the Sr. Accessibility Technical Evangelist at Microsoft with 15 years of experience working with the disability community. Dr. Lawrence builds trusted relationships with customers, NGOs, and Assistive Technology partners to further Microsoft's mission of empowering every person and organization to achieve more through the lens of inclusion. Megan works deeply with customers and the disability community to keep them up-to-date on the latest at Microsoft Accessibility including how we can partner with organizations to help build cultures of digital inclusion and how accessibility is the path to innovation. Megan Lawrence Dr. Lawrence is the co-chair of the People with Mental Health Conditions discussion group within the Disability employee resource group at Microsoft. She leads the Accessibility User Research Collective (AURC), a partnership with the Shepherd Center, as a way to improve the accessibility of Microsoft products through feedback from people with disabilities. This project engaging the disability community to helps shape the future technology at Microsoft.Outside of Microsoft, Megan is a board member of the TechSAge Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center focused on developing technology to support people aging-in-place for people living with long term disabilities, and the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Employment of People who are Blind or Have Low Vision. 

Sr. Accessibility Technical Evangelist at Microsoft, Megan Lawrence, PhD, speaks not only about the accessible tools in Microsoft, but also how products are tested, the cutting edge of technology and even how Microsoft has changed its recruitment methods to be more inclusive of individuals with a disability. Learn how Microsoft is not just focused on customers, but on being a disability inclusive employer. We speak about Microsoft's Disability Answer Desk during the webinar, and that can be found here: Microsoft Disability Answer Desk. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast and you are encouraged to leave a review.

Guest, Lindsey Troyanoski a Microsoft Learning Consultant, shares the features available through common Microsoft platforms to assist in the design and delivery of instruction for all students. 

Main Menu and Microsoft Accessibility get Productive with Share Point It's time for another Microsoft Accessibility webinar! This time we get productive with Sharepoint. Presented by: James Jackson and Eli Waalkes, Program Managers on the OneDrive & SharePoint team Learn about the latest Accessibility improvements for the OneDrive mobile apps and Document Libraries, and Lists in SharePoint Online. Discover how to collaborate on files with our updated controls using Assistive Technologies like voice controls and screen readers. The webinar will cover: * SharePoint List Control * SharePoint Document Libraries * Accessing and Collaborating on Files in OneDrive mobile

Ray and Dan are joined by Troy Waller, who's the Accessibility Lead for the Microsoft Education team in Australia, to talk about how artificial intelligence is being used to support students. Troy discusses how to help students write more effectively, using dictation in Word and PowerPoint in Office 365; PowerPoint's live captions and translation; Immersive Reader to help younger students, students with dyslexia and other reading difficulties, and even international students; Presentation Coach; and Microsoft's Translator app Troy mentions the Microsoft Enable team on Twitter, and the Microsoft Accessibility website You might need some of these links to learn more! Dictation in Word  https://support.office.com/en-us/article/dictate-your-documents-d4fd296e-8f15-4168-afec-1f95b13a6408 Captions in PowerPoint  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2018/12/03/present-more-inclusively-with-live-captions-and-subtitles-in-powerpoint/ Presentation Translator in PowerPoint  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/translator/apps/presentation-translator/ Immersive Reader  https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/tag/immersive-reader/ Presentation Coach in PowerPoint  https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Rehearse-your-slide-show-with-Presenter-Coach-cd7fc941-5c3b-498c-a225-83ef3f64f07b Microsoft Translator https://translator.microsoft.com/  

Just an Article to Consider from Apple's Recent Financial 3rd Quarter Update   Apple Watch and AirPods now outselling iPads.   https://www.cultofmac.com/642334/airpods-and-apple-watch-are-now-a-bigger-money-spinner-than-ipad/   Amazon and Google Follow Apples Lead on Human Voice Assistant Review Policies   Looks like human review of speaking to your smart device snippet recordings is on hold whilst there is a review on privacy.   https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/08/02/amazon-google-follow-apples-lead-on-voice-assistant-review-policies   Register for Game Your Way with Xbox - Webinar from Microsoft   This Webinar which is part of the Microsoft Accessibility series will be on August 21 from 12PM to 1PM Pacific US time and will be great to find out the state of Xbox accessibility/gaming, and ask any questions.   https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbRxkCFbE8eohLlKeYJpcMV_BUMk1GM1JOWEM1UllDWVFEWFEzS1BaWFdLNC4u   Web Aim Screen Reader Survey Number 8     This is a great way of adding to the knowledge of what devices, operating systems, web browsers or apps, and access technology is used by people with a disability to access info via the web.   https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey8/   Top Tech Tips for Using Technology with Arthritis   Excellent reminder that there are other ways besides the mouse on using a smart phone or computer.   https://abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/top-tips-using-technology-arthritis   The Complete List of Google Home and Google Assistant Commands as of august 2019   Excellent refresher on what you can say to a Google smart speaker or the app running on a smart device,   https://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-complete-list-of-google-home-and-google-assistant-commands-so-far/   Essential Tips for Using the amazon Echo   Some top tips on using the Amazon Echo.   https://www.cnet.com/how-to/6-essential-amazon-echo-tips-youll-use-every-day/   Apple WWDC 2019 Videos and Transcripts Now Available   Having transcriptions from the various workshops from WWDC 2019 will allow you to search for content that you are most interested in.  Great resource.   https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc2019/  

Your weekly dose of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs. Show Notes: Jeremy Curry – Senior Programming Manager Windows Accessibility Team  twitter: @msftenable website: www.microsoft.com/accessibility FCC Chairman’s Award: http://bit.ly/2NjEqbN Candidate Website Accessibility: http://bit.ly/2NmEwzh ——————————If you have an AT […] The post ATU424 – Jeremy Curry with Microsoft Accessibility appeared first on Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads.

On this week's show the trio are together again to discuss the week's news in tech including updates on Android's latest operating system called Q which will feature a new dark mode feature which could be good news for the light sensitive among us. Also there's talk about the arrival of 5G and how it could make a real difference to our connected world. And Steven and Tim talk about Microsoft's new series of accessibility workshops starting off with their most recent one on the new features of Narrator. Join the conversation by emailing techtalk@rnib.org.uk #RNIBConnect #TechTalk

On today's Tech Talk, Steven and Tim talk about the big tech stories of 2018, including the announcement of the Obit Reader 20 - the first affordable braille display on the market, they also discuss the rise in the use of smart speakers, and advancements in accessibility from Microsoft. #RNIBConnect #TechTalk

that Blind Tech Show Special: Seeing AI Developers Anirudh and Saqib Talk App Infancy and Money Recognition on the way! With the huge response from the Blindness community the Seeing AI app available in the App Store has spread like wild fire and people are excited about the possibilities coming from the Microsoft Accessibility teams. Bryan Fischler, host of the That Blind Tech Show and Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities have a conversation with Anirudh Koul and Saqib Shaikh, two developers from the Microsoft Accessibility team working on the Seeing AI app. You will hear about the Hackathon where the seed was planted and how the team uses the users feedback to determine the changes and improvements that have been coming fast and steady. The Seeing AI app is a project and uses artificial intelligence is some of the featured channels. Short Text channel is like taking a glance at your mail. The built in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) picks up the text through the camera and begins reading instantly. The Document Channel does more traditional OCR work and has audio indicators to help assist centering the page content. The Product Channel has an audible signal to assist in location the bar code and the signal speeds up when closing in on the bar code with the iPhone’s camera. The picture is taken automatically and the database is searched and the data is read to the user. Instructions as well as ingredients are also read if available. The Person Channel allows the user to take pictures of individuals and tag them as the facial recognition feature will know and say that person’s name when using the camera and glancing around the area. This is where AI comes in. The Seeing AI app will also describe the person and guess the age. The Scene Beta Channel is a feature that will describe the photo taken such as a bench in a park, or a person walking a dog. Photos can be taken, or imported from the camera roll to have the app describe the image. They say this app in in it’s infancy and there is a lot more to come. One feature coming to the Seeing AI app that was disclosed is a Money Identifier. Yes, this is a Swiss Army Knife of an App. You can follow the Microsoft Accessibility team on Twitter @MSFTEnable The Seeing AI appis only available from the App Store. Thank you for listening! Follow That Blind Tech Show on Twitter @BlindTechShow Send That Blind Tech Show an email   That Blind Tech Show is produced in part with Blind Abilities Network. You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities Appon the App Store.

On this weeks show, the tech trio discuss the latest tech new including the latest from Microsoft and their new Fall Creators Update which includes big enhancements for Narrator and Zoom features. Also, Julie Rodaway joins the team to discuss accessible battery chargers and Clare Potter returns with another of her Potter's Picks. #RNIBConnect #TechTalk

TBTS Special: Seeing AI Developers Anirudh and Saqib Talk App Infancy and Money Recognition on the way! With the huge response from the Blindness community the Seeing AI app available in the App Store has spread like wild fire and people are excited about the possibilities coming from the Microsoft Accessibility teams.  Bryan Fischler, host of the That Blind Tech Show and Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities have a conversation with Anirudh Koul and Saqib Shaikh, two developers from the Microsoft Accessibility team working on the Seeing AI app. You will hear about the Hackathon where the seed was planted and how the team uses the users feedback to determine the changes and improvements that have been coming fast and steady. The Seeing AI app is a project and uses artificial intelligence is some of the featured channels.  Short Text channel is like taking a glance at your mail. The built in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) picks up the text through the camera and begins reading instantly. The Document Channel does more traditional OCR work and has audio indicators to help assist centering the page content. The Product Channel has an audible signal to assist in location the bar code and the signal speeds up when closing in on the bar code with the iPhone’s camera. The picture is taken automatically and the database is searched and the data is read to the user. Instructions as well as ingredients are also read if available. The Person Channel allows the user to take pictures of individuals and tag them as the facial recognition feature will know and say that person’s name when using the camera and glancing around the area. This is where AI comes in. The Seeing AI app will also describe the person and guess the age. The Scene Beta Channel is a feature that will describe the photo taken such as a bench in a park, or a person walking a dog. Photos can be taken, or imported from the camera roll to have the app describe the image. They say this app in in it’s infancy and there is a lot more to come. One feature coming to the Seeing AI app that was disclosed is a Money Identifier. Yes, this is a Swiss Army Knife of an App. You can follow the Microsoft Accessibility team on Twitter @MSFTEnable   The Seeing AI app is only available from the App Store.   Thank you for listening.   Follow That Blind Tech Show on Twitter @BlindTechShow Send That Blind Tech Show an email   You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Store.

Not a month has gone by since We posted an article on Narrator including AI-driven image tags and Microsoft is back at it yet again, though with an older project which finally has made public fruition. Introduced at Build 2016, this project had a goal of bringing powerful image recognition technology which could be used to augment every day life, especially when combined with the power of the cloud. Today, The app is available in the iOS app store in the United States, Canada, India, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore, for free. In a post to the Microsoft Accessibility blog, Microsoft explains it in this fashion . The app uses artificial intelligence and the camera on your iPhone to perform a number of useful functions. Reading documents, including spoken hints to capture all corners of a document so that you capture the full page. It then recognizes the structure of the document, such as headings, paragraphs and lists, allowing you to rapidly skip through the document using voiceover. Identifying a product based on its barcode. Move the phone’s camera over the product; beeps indicate how close the barcode is – the faster the beeps, the closer you are – until the full barcode is detected. It then snaps a photo and reads the name of the product. Recognizing people based on their face, and providing a description of their visual appearance, such as their gender, facial expression and other identifying characteristics. Recognizing images within other apps – just tap Share, and Recognize with Seeing AI. In our experience, the app is able to even read computer screens in the short-text channel mode, and does so instantly as you move your arm towards and away from text. Reading coupons in a newspaper is more intuitive than having to wait for a picture to be snapped, and bar codes are often recognized in under 30 seconds thanks to the way it guides the user to it. Face recognition works well and can be taught to recall faces of loved ones after you take 3 pictures of them. Easily, this app rivals more expensive solutions and will become a must-have tool within any vision-impaired iOS user's arsenal. The incredible power of Seeing AI lies in not just the cloud, but also at being able to perform this recognition offline and in real-time. Turning airplane mode on during a page scan still kept up with scrolling printed text, however features such as bar code and face/scene detection will require one. Join Jessica to understand just how intuitive the app really is in this podcast and see for yourself what Seeing AI can do, as not even ten thousand words could give it full justification. She walks through the app, from the quick start guide to the various channels in great detail. The official tutorials for the app, comprised of 9 videos, can be found at this link of a YouTube playlist.

Not a month has gone by since We posted an article on Narrator including AI-driven image tags and Microsoft is back at it yet again, though with an older project which finally has made public fruition. Introduced at Build 2016, this project had a goal of bringing powerful image recognition technology which could be used to augment every day life, especially when combined with the power of the cloud. Today, The app is available in the iOS app store in the United States, Canada, India, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore, for free. In a post to the Microsoft Accessibility blog, Microsoft explains it in this fashion . The app uses artificial intelligence and the camera on your iPhone to perform a number of useful functions. Reading documents, including spoken hints to capture all corners of a document so that you capture the full page. It then recognizes the structure of the document, such as headings, paragraphs and lists, allowing you to rapidly skip through the document using voiceover. Identifying a product based on its barcode. Move the phone's camera over the product; beeps indicate how close the barcode is – the faster the beeps, the closer you are – until the full barcode is detected. It then snaps a photo and reads the name of the product. Recognizing people based on their face, and providing a description of their visual appearance, such as their gender, facial expression and other identifying characteristics. Recognizing images within other apps – just tap Share, and Recognize with Seeing AI. In our experience, the app is able to even read computer screens in the short-text channel mode, and does so instantly as you move your arm towards and away from text. Reading coupons in a newspaper is more intuitive than having to wait for a picture to be snapped, and bar codes are often recognized in under 30 seconds thanks to the way it guides the user to it. Face recognition works well and can be taught to recall faces of loved ones after you take 3 pictures of them. Easily, this app rivals more expensive solutions and will become a must-have tool within any vision-impaired iOS user's arsenal. The incredible power of Seeing AI lies in not just the cloud, but also at being able to perform this recognition offline and in real-time. Turning airplane mode on during a page scan still kept up with scrolling printed text, however features such as bar code and face/scene detection will require one. Join Jessica to understand just how intuitive the app really is in this podcast and see for yourself what Seeing AI can do, as not even ten thousand words could give it full justification. She walks through the app, from the quick start guide to the various channels in great detail. The official tutorials for the app, comprised of 9 videos, can be found at this link of a YouTube playlist.

Not a month has gone by since We posted an article on Narrator including AI-driven image tags and Microsoft is back at it yet again, though with an older project which finally has made public fruition. Introduced at Build 2016, this project had a goal of bringing powerful image recognition technology which could be used to augment every day life, especially when combined with the power of the cloud. Today, The app is available in the iOS app store in the United States, Canada, India, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore, for free. In a post to the Microsoft Accessibility blog, Microsoft explains it in this fashion . The app uses artificial intelligence and the camera on your iPhone to perform a number of useful functions. Reading documents, including spoken hints to capture all corners of a document so that you capture the full page. It then recognizes the structure of the document, such as headings, paragraphs and lists, allowing you to rapidly skip through the document using voiceover. Identifying a product based on its barcode. Move the phone’s camera over the product; beeps indicate how close the barcode is – the faster the beeps, the closer you are – until the full barcode is detected. It then snaps a photo and reads the name of the product. Recognizing people based on their face, and providing a description of their visual appearance, such as their gender, facial expression and other identifying characteristics. Recognizing images within other apps – just tap Share, and Recognize with Seeing AI. In our experience, the app is able to even read computer screens in the short-text channel mode, and does so instantly as you move your arm towards and away from text. Reading coupons in a newspaper is more intuitive than having to wait for a picture to be snapped, and bar codes are often recognized in under 30 seconds thanks to the way it guides the user to it. Face recognition works well and can be taught to recall faces of loved ones after you take 3 pictures of them. Easily, this app rivals more expensive solutions and will become a must-have tool within any vision-impaired iOS user's arsenal. The incredible power of Seeing AI lies in not just the cloud, but also at being able to perform this recognition offline and in real-time. Turning airplane mode on during a page scan still kept up with scrolling printed text, however features such as bar code and face/scene detection will require one. Join Jessica to understand just how intuitive the app really is in this podcast and see for yourself what Seeing AI can do, as not even ten thousand words could give it full justification. She walks through the app, from the quick start guide to the various channels in great detail. The official tutorials for the app, comprised of 9 videos, can be found at this link of a YouTube playlist.

This week we chat with Megan Lawrence, Microsoft Accessibility Evangelist, about the new accessibility features in Microsoft's latest update.

With submissions due by the end of this month, we remind you about how to participate in our JAWS® for Windows 20th anniversary video. We look ahead to Freedom Scientific-related events at the ATIA and CSUN conferences. Bryan Carver talks to us about how to make the most of Freedom Scientific Technical Support, answering a range of frequently asked questions. And Kelly Ford tells us about the Microsoft Accessibility Answer Desk, available toll free in a growing number of countries. Show Host: Jonathan Mosen Episode 102 - JAWS for Windows 20th anniversary video, Freedom Scientific at the ATIA and CSUN conferences, make the most of Freedom Scientific Technical Support and Kelly Ford tells us about the Microsoft Accessibility Answer Desk