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Using Kinect and HealthVault to Enhance Seniors’ Well-being

Since May 2011, seniors in Los Angeles have been getting fit, increasing social interaction, and enhancing their quality of life, thanks to a public-private partnership developed by Microsoft, the Los...

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The Teacher becomes the Student: Caregiving and Accessible Technology

There is no substitute for personalized care, whether it is for a short time following surgery, or longer term, for an individual with a permanent disability or an elderly person.  Thankfully,...

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Microsoft Ability Bootcamp buoy’s Team Prognosis into the future of their app

This is Part 1 of a 4 part series. Team Prognosis – Ability Bootcamp Day 1 This is not Despina Efthymiadou, Dimitris Iakovakis, Konstantinos Mavrodis and Vicky Bikia’s first trip to Seattle. Just a few...

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What would Microsoft marketing say about your logo?

This is Part 2 of a 4 part series. Team Prognosis – Ability Bootcamp Day 2 The second day of the Ability Bootcamp was a busy one for Team Prognosis of Greece. Dimitris, Vicky, Despina and Konstantinos...

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Your app + Microsoft connections = Unlimited potential – Just ask Imagine Cup...

This is part 3 of a 4 part series Team Prognosis – Ability Bootcamp Day 3 Blog Day three of an action-packed Ability Bootcamp should have produced four haggard student developers. But when we met up...

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Fastest way to turn your idea into a biz? Enter Imagine Cup!

This is part 4 of a 4 part series. Team Prognosis- Ability Bootcamp Day 4 and Week Recap Dimitris Iakovakis, Vicky Bikia, Despina Efthymiadou and Konstantinos Mavrodis have returned to Greece after a...

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Want to see your Imagine Cup idea funded? Follow in Team Prognosis’ footsteps!

Way back in August, well before Team Prognosis spent a week on Microsoft campus getting a crash course in business, they had applied for the prestigious Horizon 2020 grant with the European Commission....

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Reaffirming our commitment to accessibility

At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. This mission connects in fundamental ways with how we as a company operate, how we design and...

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Preview version of Learning Tools for OneNote now available

Today’s classrooms include students with a wide range of abilities. Educators are expected to adapt content to meet the needs of each of their students, including students with learning differences....

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Internet Video Captioning Standards Earn Emmy Awards

On Friday January 8, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences held the 67th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards in Las Vegas.  These awards “honor development and innovation...

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Accessibility Update for Windows 10 Mail

By Kate Everitt, Program Manager, Windows 10 Mail Microsoft is committed to delivering inclusive experiences. As CEO Satya Nadella recently wrote, we are proactively taking steps and implementing a...

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Making Windows 10 and Office 365 more accessible: Our path forward

Accessibility is top of mind at Microsoft and two recent blog posts reflect this mindset. The first shares our corporate roadmap to improve accessibility and the second details progress and plans for...

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Announcing Microsoft Sessions at CSUN Conference

Microsoft is pleased to be participating next week at the 31st Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN) in San Diego. On Wednesday March 23rd, we are hosting a...

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Seeing AI: New Technology Research to Support the Blind and Visually Impaired...

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, which includes creating and delivering technology for people of all abilities. As a part of this...

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Improvements to Narrator in Windows 10

In February, Jenny Lay-Flurrie, chief accessibility officer for Microsoft, reaffirmed our company-wide commitment to accessibility and outlined our guiding principles and goals to improve accessibility...

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Building a More Accessible Web Platform

In February the Edge team shared the roadmap for empowering all Microsoft Edge customers through accessibility and inclusive design. Today, we’re excited to share more about Microsoft Edge’s native...

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Accessibility and the Windows 10 Free Upgrade

As you may have heard, the free Windows 10 upgrade offer for customers running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 is set to end on July 29, but we want to clarify that that deadline will *not* apply to customers...

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Further Details on the Coming Improvements to Narrator in Windows 10

The following blog post was written by Kelly Ford. He is Senior Program Manager on the Windows Accessibility team. We recently blogged about some improvements to Narrator in Windows 10.  Now that some...

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New Edge Blog: Building a more accessible user experience with HTML5 and UIA

Yesterday the Edge team posted a new blog that walks through ongoing work to advance Edge’s accessibility. The goal is to ensure developers and users can easily get accurate information on platform...

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2016: The Power of Awareness

The following blog post was written by Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer. Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), an international day of action to get people...

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