‘Accessibility from the start’ means SharePoint, OneDrive and other Microsoft 365 apps aspire to /”represent the voice of people with disabilities/” throughout planning, development, design, testing and into production with continuous feedback. It’s something that must be built into every product Microsoft makes so that our offerings are inclusive for everyone. In this episode, we hear from three accessibility experts: Megan Lawrence, PhD (senior technical evangelist – Microsoft), Eli Waalkes (senior program manager – SharePoint) and Lauren Back (usability engineering from HCL Technologies). Enjoy the show!

Running Time: 75min

Show Intro [00:00:00:00]

Topic of the Week – Accessibility

Guest Perspective – Megan Lawrence [00:05:45:00]

Guest Perspective – Eli Waalkes [00:28:15:00]

Guest Perspective – Lauren Back [00:45:00:00]

Upcoming Events [01:06:05:00]

FAQs Roundtable [01:07:55:00]

Show Wrap [01:13:20:00]

Social and Info Links:

SharePoint Community Blog (http://office.com/sharepoint/community)

SharePoint @SharePoint (https://www.twitter.com/SharePoint)

Mark Kashman @mkashman (https://twitter.com/mkashman)

Chris McNulty @cmcnulty2000 (https://twitter.com/cmcnulty2000)

Eli Waalkes LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-waalkes-1069a0b3/) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/ElijahWaalkes)

Megan Lawrence LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganlawrence55) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/accessgeo)

Lauren Back LinkedIn |  (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-back-50b67723/) HCL Technologies (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-back-50b67723/)

Microsoft Accessibility @MSFTEnable (https://twitter.com/MSFTEnable)

Resources:

Microsoft Accessibility Blog (https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/accessibility/) – Making technology easier to see, hear and use!

Microsoft Accessibility Features spotlight Sway (https://sway.office.com/vAdiAMXOJEQGVbqX)

/”Hearing is Believing (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/hearing-believing-researchers-innovation-provides-richer-web-browsing-experience-people-blind/) – Researchers’ innovation provides a richer web-browsing experience for people who are blind/” 

GAAD  (https://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org) | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/globalaccessibilityawarenessday) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/gbla11yday) May 1,6 2019 and marks the eighth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access/inclusion and people with different disabilities.

Office: Accessibility Checker, Live captioning in Teams & PowerPoint, Immersive Reader in Edge & Office apps, working with screen readers (ref: /”An inclusive Office 365 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/office?activetab=pivot_1%3aprimaryr2) /”) 

Xbox: Adaptive Controller (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/xbox-adaptive-controller/914z2c32nxms?rtc=1)

Enable(ing) people to do more with Dr. Rico Malvar (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/enableing-people-to-do-more-with-dr-rico-malvar/) (Microsoft Research podcast) 

Accessibility Learning Webinar Series (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/enableing-people-to-do-more-with-dr-rico-malvar/)

Windows 10 accessibility features empower everyone (https://community.windows.com/videos/audio-description-windows-10-accessibility-features-empower-everyone/z_R43aOExCU) (video w/audio description (https://community.windows.com/en-us/videos/audio-description-windows-10-accessibility-features-empower-everyone/z_R43aOExCU) ) 

Microsoft Accessibility Standards (https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/teams/msenable/Pages/AccessibilityStandard.aspx) (MAS)

Microsoft Accessibility Site (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility) | (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility) Twitter (https://twitter.com/MSFTEnable) | YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/MSFTEnable)  

Autism Acceptance Month Site (https://www.autismacceptancemonth.com/) | Twitter (https://twitter.com/autselfadvocacy) | Facebook  (https://www.facebook.com/AutisticAdvocacy)

Section 508 (https://www.section508.gov/)

BrailleNote (http://www.humanware.com/) Touch

/”Still Tomorrow (https://communitynetwork.amdoc.org/film-library?utm_source=POV+Newsletter&utm_campaign=73f6fc7197-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_29_09_29_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e95de8c7f0-73f6fc7197-120368585#film=stilltomorrow) /” (film) A rural poet becomes a sudden star in China, whose writings ponder life, love and pain.

Ed Roberts, the Disability Rights Movement and the ADA (https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/VwLy4PBo_Ty9Jg) virtual exhibit by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) (https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/aapd)

/”The Grown-Ups (https://communitynetwork.amdoc.org/film-library?utm_source=POV+Newsletter&utm_campaign=73f6fc7197-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_29_09_…

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