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Microsoft has long garnered plaudits for its focus on accessibility. It’s a large segment of the population that is too often disregarded as an afterthought when it comes to product design. The ...

Microsoft is always moving forward in the field of accessibility, especially in gaming, where its Xbox Adaptive Controller and other features help gamers with disabilities play however is comfortable ...

Microsoft’s Ability Summit conference has a rather humble origin story to tell. The Redmond-based tech titan is holding the thirteenth-annual affair this week, which is a big milestone. The event ...

Microsoft will add an Accessibility Assistant to Microsoft 365, a boon for those who have trouble seeing, but also a feature you may see crop up while you’re writing in Word or designing PowerPoint ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a slew of accessibility updates for Xbox players on consoles and PCs. These include keyboard key remapping using controllers, easier-to-get-to accessibility shortcuts ...

The latest accessibility assistant will instruct users on how to prevent and correct accessibility issues in real-time when creating content. Users will see a new person-shaped icon to flag the ...

Windows 11 received several feature updates during this year, which helped the operating system become more popular among "regular" consumers and gamers. But it is not all about taskbar ungrouping, ...

Today, we hosted the 15th annual Microsoft Ability Summit, with over 20,000 attendees from 164 countries coming together virtually to discuss the future of AI and accessibility. Microsoft has a ...

Microsoft has announced the new Proteus accessibility-focused gaming controller for Xbox. Designed alongside the team at Byowave, the Proteus Controller can be customized with special parts that snap ...