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Microsoft Accessibility offers products, tools, and resources for people with disabilities and their allies. Learn how to use accessible technology, find adaptive accessories, get technical support, and explore grant opportunities.
- Microsoft 365
Accessibility Checkers, Accessible Templates, Autogenerated...
- Our Approach
The ‘Disability Divide’ is the gap in societal inclusion for...
- Stories
Accessibility stories. For many people, accessible...
- Disability Answer Desk
View accessibility resources, tools, and educational...
- Accessibility Tools for Vision
This page lists sight-related accessibility tools to help...
- View The Products
Find accessibility resources for Microsoft Office, Windows,...
- Disability Answer Desk Support | Microsoft Accessibility
- Accessibility Inclusion Resources & Training | Microsoft Accessibility
- Our Accessibility Approach | Microsoft Accessibility
- Accessible Technology, Products & Innovation | Microsoft Accessibility
- An Inclusive, Accessible Microsoft 365
- Innovation and AI for Accessibility | Microsoft Accessibility
- Accessibility Technology & Tools | Microsoft Accessibility
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Jan 1, 2024 · Accessibility is the practice of making your websites usable by as many people as possible. We traditionally think of this as being about people with disabilities, but the practice of making sites accessible also benefits other groups such as those using mobile devices, or those with slow network connections.
- Accessibility in Context
- What Is Web Accessibility
- Accessibility Is Important For Individuals, Businesses, Society
- Making The Web Accessible
- Evaluating Accessibility
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The Web is fundamentally designed to work for all people, whatever their hardware, software, language, location, or ability. When the Web meets this goal, it is accessible to people with a diverse range of hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive ability. Thus the impact of disability is radically changed on the Web because the Web removes barriers ...
Web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them. More specifically, people can: 1. perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web 2. contribute to the Web Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including: 1. audi...
The Web is an increasingly important resource in many aspects of life: education, employment, government, commerce, health care, recreation, and more. It is essential that the Web be accessible in order to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with diverse abilities. Access to information and communications technologies, including th...
Web accessibility depends on several components working together, including web technologies, web browsers and other "user agents", authoring tools, and websites. The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops technical specifications, guidelines, techniques, and supporting resources that describe accessibility solutions. These are considered ...
When developing or redesigning a website, evaluate accessibility early and throughout the development process to identify accessibility problems early, when it is easier to address them. Simple steps, such as changing settings in a browser, can help you evaluate some aspects of accessibility. Comprehensive evaluation to determine if a website meets...
W3C WAI provides a wide range of resources on different aspects of web accessibility standards, education, testing/evaluation, project management, and policy. We encourage you to explore this website, or look through the WAI Resourceslist. Digital Accessibility Foundations - Free Online Courseprovides the foundation you need to make your digital te...
Learn what accessibility means, why it matters for design and users, and how to follow the W3C standards and best practices. Explore videos, articles and examples of accessible design for various disabilities and contexts.
Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities.
Sep 15, 2010 · Learn about the accessibility standards issued by the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Find out the background, scope, and application of the standards for different types of facilities and elements.
Introduces web accessibility and links to additional resources. Includes accessibility in context; why accessibility is important for individuals, businesses, society; making digital technology accessible; evaluating accessibility; and basic examples.
