Thanks for your participation in today's session! Here are the questions the panelists answered live, along with associated timestamps: 

Question – In our organisation we have a couple of colleagues who are blind. How can they use accessibility functions from Windows and Copilot to ease their tasks at an office job? – answered at 5:53.

Question – Many people including myself are unable to work anymore due to temporal dithering in Windows. TD cause headache and nausea, it also tires the brain. Please add an accessibility switch to turn off Temporal Dithering in all version of Windows Workstation and Server! I get this issue on Windows 11 and Windows server 2025 even through RDP. – answered at 8:27.

• Submit your questions to https://aka.ms/eDad

Question – Tell me about some of the accessibility enhancements we’ve done with Windows 11 over the past few years? – answered at 11:19.

Question – For users who request/require them we must re-package/deploy/manage/troubleshoot/update/license; Freedom Scientific JAWS, ZoomText, and Dragon Naturally Speaking. I understand Microsoft is building similar accessibility features into the Windows operating system. I am interested in hearing ideas as to why we would still have requests for 3rd party solutions. Is it because Windows has yet to achieve feature parity? Or could our users be unaware of just how good Windows 11 is -- in part, because we were running Windows 10 22H2 until recently – answered at 14:14.

Question – Are there any features that make things easier for ADD/ADHD? We run a creative agency so we're a neurospicy bunch. – answered at 16:47.

Question – Are VDI solutions like Windows 365 accessible? – answered at 20:12.

Question – Since we're looking at Copilot+ PCs, what are some accessibility features available with those that give them an edge over other devices our leadership may be looking at? – answered at 23:22.

Question – With agents becoming a trend, how do we make sure those are accessible? Either by giving our agent suppliers guidelines or testing them ourselves? – answered at 26:04.

Question – When you talk to customers, what are some of the questions they ask about Windows 11 or gaps that Microsoft doesn’t offer now, and how customers are working around?  – answered at 29:40.

• For more info, go to https://aka.ms/Windows/AccessibilityFeatures

 Question – What else can IT teams do to ensure their users are comfortable with the technology that is being deployed to them? How can we make sure that the IT staff, lets the users know that these features are available for them?  – answered at 32:46.  

Additional resources:

• https://aka.ms/AISkills4Accessibility
• https://aka.ms/AccessibilityForITPros
• https://aka.ms/SkillingSnack/WindowsAccessibility