On Monday, my colleague Gary Moulton and I will begin our adventure on the "Road to CSUN". The 9 day tour down the west coast will be a chance for us to tell stories about technology that don’t normally get shared. We are fortunate, in that our...

Are you looking for a quick primer on accessibility in Windows 7, Office 2010, and Internet Explorer? Is so, this recent video covers the top 7 accessibility tips to help you make your computer easier to see, hear and use. VIDEO: Microsoft Top 7 Accessibility...

James Thurston, Senior Policy Manager with the accessibility team at Microsoft will be hosting the following panel at 8:00am on Thursday March 1st at the International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference. Accessible ICTs and Personalized...

James Thurston, Senior Policy Manager with the accessibility team at Microsoft will be hosting the following panel at 9:20am on Thursday March 1st at the International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference. Assistive Technologies: Progress...

Where is accessibility at Microsoft headed? We are headed south, that's where! On February 20th Gary Moulton and I will begin an 9 day journey from Seattle to San Diego. Our road trip will take us down the length of the west coast where we will be visiting...

Yesterday we posted the lineup of sessions Microsoft will be presenting at the CSUN conference in SanDiego later this month. Today we wanted to bring you some details about one of those sessions being co-presented by Microsoft Senior Accessibility Strategist...

At the annual CSUN Conference , Microsoft is presenting ten educational sessions and panels related to accessibility. Here is a look at the session lineup: Wednesday 2/29 * 1:50pm - Introduction to Windows 8 An overview of Windows 8, the new Metro...

Once again Micorosft is proud to sponsor and participate in the 27th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN) in San Diego, California, held this year between February 29 and March 3. Microsoft will present nine...

Greetings! As many of you know Microsoft has kicked off the developer preview of Windows 8 at the BUILD conference in Anaheim just a few short weeks ago. Although you may not have been able to make it to the conference, there is still an opportunity to...

What is longdesc and why is it important Users with visual impairments are often not able to access images on web sites, now this is probably not news to anyone reading this blog; and you are also probably aware of the technique of using an alt attribute...