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AMA: Supporting accessibility with Windows 11

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 09:30 AM PDT
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As an IT admin, you play a crucial role in supporting people of all abilities across your organization. With the built-in accessibility features in Windows 11, you can make it easier for everyone to customize their Windows experience in the way that works best for them.

We’ll go over some of the latest improvements in Windows for people with disabilities, such as system-wide live captions, Focus mode, voice access, and Narrator enhancements. We’ll also provide tips and recommendations on how to make sure people can utilize and customize the features they need. And, of course since this is an Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA), we’ll be here to answer your questions!

Post your questions in the Comments below. We'll have experts responding in the live stream and others in chat.

 

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  • CraigDK's avatar
    CraigDK
    Iron Contributor
    May 31, 2023

    Whilst I understand cloud services are a great way at enhancing accesibility features - are Microsoft commited to improving and enhancing the inbuilt Accesibility experience for completely on premise scenarios - where the Windows clients have no internet connectivity

    • Char_Cheesman's avatar
      Char_Cheesman
      Bronze Contributor
      May 31, 2023

      Thanks for participating in today's session of AMA: Supporting accessibility with Windows 11! For reference, the panel covered this topic at around 05:00.

    • Eddie_Leonard's avatar
      Eddie_Leonard
      Copper Contributor
      May 31, 2023
      Great question! All audio processing and caption generation of Windows Live Captions are processed on the device and never leave. Is there another specific feature you are referring to?
  • CraigDK's avatar
    CraigDK
    Iron Contributor
    May 31, 2023

    Third party screen reading products such as Freedom Scientific JAWS, Dolphin SuperNova have the ability to "offload" workloads (speech / braille, etc) between a Windows VDI and Windows Endpoint (via the Citrix / RDP channell) - is there anything similar planned for Windows native accesibility features.

    • Char_Cheesman's avatar
      Char_Cheesman
      Bronze Contributor
      May 31, 2023

      Thanks for participating in today's session of AMA: Supporting accessibility with Windows 11! For reference, the panel covered this topic at around 17:00.

  • Char_Cheesman's avatar
    Char_Cheesman
    Bronze Contributor
    May 30, 2023

    Ask Microsoft Anything: Supporting accessibility with Windows 11 starts tomorrow, May 31st at 9:30 AM PT! Continue to help us get started with questions and post them here in the Comments.

  • SteveG7's avatar
    SteveG7
    Copper Contributor
    May 29, 2023
    Where older people or people with age related disabilities fit in Microsoft's taxonomy?
    • Char_Cheesman's avatar
      Char_Cheesman
      Bronze Contributor
      May 31, 2023

      Thanks for participating in today's session of AMA: Supporting accessibility with Windows 11! For reference, the panel covered this topic at around 20:00.

    • Karyn Fillhart's avatar
      Karyn Fillhart
      Brass Contributor
      May 31, 2023

      I'd like to know this, too. Sometimes menus/designs seem to change just for the sake of an updated look, but it means reteaching the older members in my family and the change doesn't always have a productivity enhancement. We searched to find a Windows 7 laptop when Windows 8 came out for my father-in-law. Change for the sake of change is frustrating, especially for those of us in the training sector who have to update tutorials and handouts. Different doesn't mean better and it adds to the learning curve.

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May 31, 20239:30 AM - 10:30 AM PDT