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- March 18, 2025
Microsoft Ability Summit 2025: Accessibility in the AI era
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 long-standing commitment to investing in accessibility, grounded in our business model and going back over three decades from the earliest accessibility features in Windows 95…
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- accessibility , Google
- March 13, 2025
Stream Auracast broadcasts directly to hearing aids with Android.
For people who use hearing aids, the inability to stream directly to hearing devices can leave people out or create barriers to important information, whether it's …
- accessibility , APG , ARIA , Assistive Technology , Components , Engineering , GitHub , Primer , Screen Readers , Tree View , User experience , WCAG
- January 28, 2025
Considerations for making a tree view component accessible
A deep dive on the work that went into making the component that powers repository and pull request file trees.
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- accessibility , Google
- January 22, 2025
Android is introducing a better hearing aid and screenreader experience.
Today we’re rolling out a handful of updates to make Android’s hearing aid and screenreader experiences even more accessible.Starting with the Samsung Galaxy S25, we’re …
- accessibility , Google
- December 5, 2024
Android’s Expressive Captions uses AI to bring emotion to captions
The new Live Caption feature gives you the full picture of emotion in what’s being said on your device.
- accessibility , Book of News , Company news , Gaady Awards , GitHub , Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- December 4, 2024
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Gaady Awards
The Gaady Awards are like the Emmy Awards for the field of digital accessibility. And, just like the Emmys, the Gaadys are a reason to celebrate! On November 21, GitHub was honored to roll out the red carpet for the accessibility community at our San Francisco headquarters.
The post Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Gaady Awards appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- accessibility , Engineering , GitHub , User experience
- November 20, 2024
How to make Storybook Interactions respect user motion preferences
With this custom addon, you can ensure your workplace remains accessible to users with motion sensitivities while benefiting from Storybook’s Interactions.
The post How to make Storybook Interactions respect user motion preferences appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
- accessibility , Google
- October 3, 2024
Our new partnership helps fashion designers create products for everyone
We’re working with leaders in the fashion industry to bring product inclusion and equity to New York Fashion Week.
- accessibility , Google
- September 12, 2024
How Project Guideline helped me run a half marathon independently
Fatmir Seremeti made history as the first visually impaired runner to complete the Stockholm Half Marathon using Google’s Project Guideline, showcasing the power of AI i…
- accessibility , Google
- August 13, 2024
4 new AI-powered Pixel and Android accessibility updates
These new AI-powered features across Pixel and Android help make the world even more accessible.
Celebrating Microsoft’s 50 years
