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More accessibility discussion at Microsoft

The other day, we linked to Darrell's comments on the need for more consultation with/decisionmaking made by people with disabilities related to assistive technology companies (his blog focuses on visual impairments). Here's some related news:

In the last month [Microsoft] has begun to work more closely with an organization whose employee mix includes both visually impaired and blind people. {They will be looking at questions such as] can the application be fully navigated and/or accessed without a mouse? Does it work out of the box with third party screen reader applications like JAWS?

Read more here: http://navintmicrosoftcrm.blogspot.com/2007/05/assistive-technology-and-microsoft-crm.html

Posted by Susanne Croasdaile on June 28, 2007 5:33 AM |

Comments

Thank you for the article link. This is extremely important because if any company has the power and ability to make technology more accessible, it's Microsoft.

Posted by: Assistive Technology | July 18, 2007 1:07 AM

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