2023-05-18 13:13:46
Resources present in the family of Microsoft 365 and Xbox solutions offer tools so that everyone can make the most of their leisure, work or study moments.
São Paulo, May 18, 2023 ‒ World Accessibility Day, May 18, is a date to raise awareness in society about the importance of promoting inclusion and acceptanceessibility for all people, including those with disabilities and neuro divergence. Brazil is home to around 45 million people with some type of disability, according to data from the 2010 demographic census. However, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) shows that, within this group, only 28.3% of people over 14 years old are employed.
To make environments accessible and inclusive, technology becomes an ally by offering resources that enable a satisfactory and suitable experience for different profiles of people. Whether for work, study or play, inclusion is part of the solutions that are offered on Windows, Microsoft 365 or Xbox. Below are 10 tips on how to use these services to promote inclusion in various daily activities:
AT WORK, OR STUDY
- Turn on live captions in Teams. Live captions ensure that conversations are followed in real time, allowing people with hearing impairments to actively participate in discussions.
- Whenever possible, open your camera. Opening the camera during an online meeting can be extremely useful for people with hearing impairments who can lip read, allowing them to see the speaker’s mouth and better understand the conversation. This can help them to be more actively involved in the conversation and to feel more included in the meeting.
- Speaking of Teams, record your meetings whenever possible. Recording meetings in Microsoft Teams is a useful function for people with ADHD or neuro divergence who may have difficulty staying focused for long periods of time or remembering all the information discussed during a meeting. Thus, it is possible to review parts of the conversation that may have been missed or even share information with others who were unable to attend the meeting. Just remember to let other participants know that the meeting is being recorded.
- Change colors in Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations can have a significant impact on the ability of people with color blindness to understand visual information. This is because color blindness is a condition in which the person has difficulty distinguishing certain colors, such as red and green. By customizing the colors used in worksheets and presentations, people with color blindness can see visual information more clearly and effectively, allowing them to better understand the information presented.
- Use the Accessibility Checker in Microsoft 365. Before sending your email in Outlook or sharing a Word file, Excel spreadsheet or PowerPoint presentation, run the Accessibility Checker to ensure your content is easy to read and edit for people with disabilities.
AT LEISURE WITH GAMES
- O Xbox Adaptive Controller (Xbox Adaptive Controller) is a wireless controller designed for gamers with limited mobility. The Xbox Adaptive Controller has programmable buttons and connects to external computers, buttons and joysticks to help make gaming more accessible.
- Text to speech and speech to text options. In this resource, we offer ways of interacting with chats through voice, and that somehow need to have their communication transcribed into text – or even convert text to voice, and optimize this contact with different types of audiences.
- O accessible menu Navigation and narration options provide navigation options to include keyboard, touchscreen, and control tools, as well as settings that provide audible narration during gameplay.
- O Copilot mode, allows two controls to act as one. This makes the Xbox Series X|S even more inviting for new players who need help, adding co-op controls to any game, and making the experience easier for players who need unique settings to play.
- already the Broadcast Mode Timer allows the streamer to choose the speed of each scene in Broadcast Mode. This offers greater interaction and can also help people who have low vision or who are neuro divergent to better assimilate the content.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation in the era of the intelligent cloud and the intelligent edge. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. The company has been in Brazil for 34 years and is one of the subsidiaries of Microsoft Corporation, founded in 1975, which is present in over 190 countries. From July 2021 to June 2022, the company invested more than US$ 15 million in donations and discounts for non-profit entities, impacting more than 2,000 institutions with software donations, purchase discounts and support for training projects. With the launch of the Microsoft For Startups Founders Hub, 443 new startups were approved, totaling 703 supported startups, which together have consumed USD 11,898,488.00 of Azure cloud credits.
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