Earn your Child Development Associates credential in as little as 3 months. Online training can be completed in 12 weeks. http://altheapenn.tripod.com/id35.html
EHS Manager's Guide: 7 Tactics for a People-first WorkplaceAntea Group
If you have a role in risk management, you’re probably motivated by people first and compliance second. Whether an environment, health, and safety (EHS) manager, facility manager, or HR professional, you need to be proactive about EHS issues to keep employees safe and healthy while also managing business operations to maintain a light environmental footprint.
By following these seven actionable tactics, you’ll increase EHS program development and deployment success, foster a safe and healthy work environment, minimize impact on the environment, and facilitate the growth and sustainability of your business.
State Farm sponsored lesson: "Introduction to Safety" is the first of a 5-part series of lessons and activities sponsored by State Farm. Designed for primary and secondary students, this lesson overviews 4 primary areas of safety: 1) Auto/Roadway Safety, 2) Teen Driver Education, 3) Home Safety and Fire Prevention, and 4) Disaster Preparedness and Recovery. Additionally, this lesson can be paired with a "Protect Your Egg" activity.
Earn your Child Development Associates credential in as little as 3 months. Online training can be completed in 12 weeks. http://altheapenn.tripod.com/id35.html
EHS Manager's Guide: 7 Tactics for a People-first WorkplaceAntea Group
If you have a role in risk management, you’re probably motivated by people first and compliance second. Whether an environment, health, and safety (EHS) manager, facility manager, or HR professional, you need to be proactive about EHS issues to keep employees safe and healthy while also managing business operations to maintain a light environmental footprint.
By following these seven actionable tactics, you’ll increase EHS program development and deployment success, foster a safe and healthy work environment, minimize impact on the environment, and facilitate the growth and sustainability of your business.
State Farm sponsored lesson: "Introduction to Safety" is the first of a 5-part series of lessons and activities sponsored by State Farm. Designed for primary and secondary students, this lesson overviews 4 primary areas of safety: 1) Auto/Roadway Safety, 2) Teen Driver Education, 3) Home Safety and Fire Prevention, and 4) Disaster Preparedness and Recovery. Additionally, this lesson can be paired with a "Protect Your Egg" activity.
In this slideshare presentation we discuss ISO 45001 and where it is at.
The following topics are covered:
Where is ISO 45001 up to?
ISO 45001 draft International Standard
Key differences - AS/NZS 4801
Key differences - OHSAS 18001
What you need to do to prepare for ISO 45001.
If you are wanting to implement ISO 45001 then we recommend watching the webinar recording:
http://www.mangolive.com/blog-mango/iso45001-how-to-implement-webinar-recording
Presentation of ISO 31000:2009, Risk management, Principles and guidelines. This document explain the standard history, certification & accreditation, main concepts and scope. Implementation and implications are already included. Managing risk is other important topic developed in the document. Finally a short list of related standards are mentioned
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The presentation we at Oye Trade www.oyetrade.com prepared is for the HSE professionals and trainees to gain knowledge to conduct Accident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis activities at workplace.
Industrial, manufacturing and construction work sites have plenty of machines. Machines are used for everything from power generation to the sorting of recyclables, and they’re an integral part of assembly lines all over the world.
A number of safety hazards come with working around machinery that employers, safety managers and workers all need to be aware of. By preparing for these dangers, accidents and injuries can be prevented.
In this slideshare we present 10 easy to follow steps that will help ensure your workers a daily safe passage in and around the machines they use.
The 10 steps we discuss are;
1) Don't reach into the machine
2) Use Proper Lockout/Tagout Procedures
3) Stay Clear of Sharp or Moving Parts
4) Watch Out for Cords and Wires
5) Don’t Wear Loose Clothing
6) Wear Proper PPE
7) Use Caution Around Heat Sources
8) Be Careful When Cleaning
9) Communicate, Communicate, Communicate
10) Follow Visual and Written Instructions
If you follow these 10 suggestions, you will find yourself with a whole lot less grief at the end of the work year. To learn more about machine guarding, chick out this article: https://www.babelplex.com/methods-for-machine-guarding-babelplex-industrial-section/ .
Slides from "Safety Training Games and Activities for Everyone" presented at the American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference in 2010. (All activities mentioned were distributed as separate files to all attendees). For more info, visit www.SafetyFUNdamentals.com.
In this slideshare presentation we discuss ISO 45001 and where it is at.
The following topics are covered:
Where is ISO 45001 up to?
ISO 45001 draft International Standard
Key differences - AS/NZS 4801
Key differences - OHSAS 18001
What you need to do to prepare for ISO 45001.
If you are wanting to implement ISO 45001 then we recommend watching the webinar recording:
http://www.mangolive.com/blog-mango/iso45001-how-to-implement-webinar-recording
Presentation of ISO 31000:2009, Risk management, Principles and guidelines. This document explain the standard history, certification & accreditation, main concepts and scope. Implementation and implications are already included. Managing risk is other important topic developed in the document. Finally a short list of related standards are mentioned
Accident investigation and Root Cause Analysis - by www.oyetrade.comNarendra Jayas
The presentation we at Oye Trade www.oyetrade.com prepared is for the HSE professionals and trainees to gain knowledge to conduct Accident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis activities at workplace.
Industrial, manufacturing and construction work sites have plenty of machines. Machines are used for everything from power generation to the sorting of recyclables, and they’re an integral part of assembly lines all over the world.
A number of safety hazards come with working around machinery that employers, safety managers and workers all need to be aware of. By preparing for these dangers, accidents and injuries can be prevented.
In this slideshare we present 10 easy to follow steps that will help ensure your workers a daily safe passage in and around the machines they use.
The 10 steps we discuss are;
1) Don't reach into the machine
2) Use Proper Lockout/Tagout Procedures
3) Stay Clear of Sharp or Moving Parts
4) Watch Out for Cords and Wires
5) Don’t Wear Loose Clothing
6) Wear Proper PPE
7) Use Caution Around Heat Sources
8) Be Careful When Cleaning
9) Communicate, Communicate, Communicate
10) Follow Visual and Written Instructions
If you follow these 10 suggestions, you will find yourself with a whole lot less grief at the end of the work year. To learn more about machine guarding, chick out this article: https://www.babelplex.com/methods-for-machine-guarding-babelplex-industrial-section/ .
Slides from "Safety Training Games and Activities for Everyone" presented at the American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference in 2010. (All activities mentioned were distributed as separate files to all attendees). For more info, visit www.SafetyFUNdamentals.com.
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Resources to support inclusive practice. An overview of freeware assistive and enabling technologies to assist staff and students in schools, colleges and universities.
Resources to support inclusive practice. An overview of freeware assistive and enabling technologies to assist staff and students in schools, colleges and universities.
Presentation of the range of Access Apps partially funded by JISC which serve to assist users who may, for example, have difficulty reading on screen text.
Given at the Equality and Diversity day on the 17th November 2009.
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The presentation cover the basics of accessibility and inclusive design, why those topics are so relevant for Microsoft and why they should be relevant for every organization, with demos on accessibility features in W10/Office 365 and the role that AI is playing (Seeing AI app).
The session was very interactive, with many realtime demos, still the PPT has references to what has been showed live.
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This file presents free iPad apps for Middle School Foreign Language and Productivity. It also includes free and useful apps for teachers to use in the management and organization of their classroom. It was presented to middle school Special Education teachers at the Orville Todd Middle School on April 8, 2014.
We will show project choices and different ways to use technology to create these projects (i.e. Popplet, Prezi, Google Presentations, iMovie, Animoto, etc.).
By Hector Minto. When we talk about empowering people we simply mean that with the right tools, anyone can do anything. That’s everyone. In every context. Learn more at ATIA session acc 25.
This is a reprint of the US Access Board Section 508 (ICT Refresh), which adds headings. It includes Chapter 4 (Hardware), Chapter 5 (Software), and Chapter 6 (Support Documentation and Services).
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
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Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
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1. Creating Inclusive Classrooms
with Microsoft Education
Hector Minto, Microsoft Accessibility Technical Evangelist
Jeff Petty, Windows Accessibility Program Management Lead
Malavika Rewari, Microsoft 365 Product Marketing Manager
Network,
Learn,
Share
Slides are at aka.ms/MicrosoftEducationAtAtia
2. 2
Learning Objectives
1. Personalize learning with five built-in assistive
technologies in Windows 10: Narrator, Magnifier, Color
Filters, Read Aloud and Dictation
2. Leverage four Office 365 settings to create more accessible
content: Accessibility Checker, Accessible Templates,
Automatic Alternative Text and Presentation Translator
3. Enhance productivity for students with print disabilities
with three free applications: Office Lens, Seeing AI and
Learning Tools
14. Office 365 Accessibility
Learning Tools
Comprehension,
fluency and
decoding aids
Word, OneNote,
Outlook Web
Access, and Edge
Office Lens
Take content from
the analog to the
digital world
Immersive Reader
available for Office
Lens on iOS
Dictate
Use voice to get your
best thoughts into
your documents
Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, OneNote,
Outlook
Editor
Write easy-to-read
documents, with more
confidence
Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, OneNote,
Outlook
Read Aloud
Read your content
with simultaneous
word highlighting
Word, OneNote,
Outlook Web
Access, and EDGE
15.
16.
17. Meet Andrew
Andrew is a student with dyslexia
who read for the first time before
entering third grade with the aid of
Learning Tools in OneNote.
“Andrew, in that moment,
conquered this fear and realized
that he could access something
that had been inaccessible to him,
and I saw my little boy read and
knew that here was an answer, that
here was something that could
change his life.”
22. “Our pupils all pretty much without exception hate writing.
The learning tools transformed writing for our pupils.”
- Jan Lusty, Head of School at Knowl Hill
23. This is a story planning sheet for a 9 year old boy.
24. The same child then wrote this story based on the plan,
completely independently, on OneNote.
25. This is a story planning sheet for an 11 year old girl.
27. Capability Availability
Read Aloud and
word/line
highlighting
OneNote
Desktop
OneNote
Online
OneNote
Win 10
App
OneNote
iPad
Word
Online
Word
Desktop
Word
Mac
Word
iPad
Outlook
Web
Access
Outlook
Desktop
Office
Lens on
iOS
Edge
browser
Spacing and Font
Size
OneNote
Desktop
OneNote
Online
OneNote
Win 10
App
OneNote
iPad
Word
Online
Word
Desktop
Word
Mac
Word
iPad
Outlook
Web
Access
Outlook
Desktop
Office
Lens on
iOS
Edge
browser
Syllables OneNote
Desktop
OneNote
Online
OneNote
Win 10
App
OneNote
iPad
Word
Online
Word
Desktop
Outlook
Web
Access
Edge
browser
Parts of Speech OneNote
Desktop
OneNote
Online
OneNote
Win 10
App
OneNote
iPad
Word
Online
Outlook
Web
Access
Edge
browser
Line Focus OneNote
Online
OneNote
Online
OneNote
Win 10
App
OneNote
iPad
Word
Online
Dictation OneNote
Desktop
OneNote
Online
OneNote
Win 10
App
Word
Online
Word
Desktop
Outlook
Desktop
29. Issue
Categories
Spelling
Grammar + Contextual Spelling
Advanced
Writing
(Style)
Clarity and Conciseness
Formal Language
Inclusive Language
Punctuation Conventions
Vocabulary Choice
2
Issue Category in Context Menu further
disambiguates “Advanced” Gold Flags 3
Approachable Issue Description
guides users how to fix it
1 Flag Color & Underline style indicate major
category (Spelling, Grammar, or Advanced)
30. Windows 10 Accessibility
vision
Make your device easier to
see or use with or without a
screen
hearing
Make your device easier to
hear or use without sound
cognition
Make it easier to focus and
get things done with
Windows
physical
Make your device easier to
use of you have limited reach
or strength
31. Ease of Access
Make accessibility easier to
discover, learn and use
Coming Soon!
32. Vision
Make your device easier to see or
use with or without a screen
Recently Added!
Greyscale Deuteranopia Protanopia Tritanopia
35. Cognition
Make it easier to focus and
get things done with Windows
Recently Added!
Recently Added!
Coming Soon!
36. Seeing AI – a free app that narrates the world around you
37. Seeing AI lets you complete multiple tasks with one app
Short Text
Speaks text as soon as it appears in
front of the camera
Documents
Provides audio guidance to capture a
printed page, and recognizes the text,
along with its original formatting
Products
Gives audio beeps to help
locate barcodes and then scans
them to identify products
Person
Recognizes friends and describes
people around you, including their
emotions
Scene
An experimental feature to
describe the scene around you
Currency
Identify currency bills when
paying with cash
Light
Generate an audible tone corresponding
to the brightness in your surroundings
Color
Describes the perceived color
Handwriting
Reads handwritten text
38. Meet Cameron
Cameron is a university lecturer
who believes there’s never been a
better time to be a blind person,
with Office 365, Windows 10 and
Seeing AI facilitating interaction
and collaboration.
"To me, Seeing AI is an example of
Microsoft taking a leap forward
and saying, 'we're going to try and
step out and solve a problem using
some of our research and our
ability to innovate,' and that's
exactly what they’ve done."
40. “No one should have to
ask for access, it should
just be there.”
Marlee Matlin
Academy Award Winning Actress
Outside In Talk at Microsoft
December 2016
41. Ability to add closed captions for
audio/video in PowerPoint and Sway
Automatic live captions for
PowerPoint via Microsoft Garage
Presentation Translator add-in
Automatic audio transcription for
videos in Microsoft Stream.
Ability to add alternative text
descriptions to visual objects in all apps
Automatic suggestions for alt-text
for images in Word and PowerPoint
Ability to record narrations of
PowerPoint slides and embed audio
recordings in OneNote and Sway
Transform printed text into searchable
Office files with OCR via Office Lens
Make content easy to navigate with
built-in accessible Styles
Make hyperlinks more readable by
adding display names, auto-generated
for Recent Items in Link Gallery
In Office PC, Mac and Online apps to
easily find accessibility issues
With detailed guidance to fix issues
For Word, Excel and PowerPoint to get
started on the right track
Searchable by keyword “accessible”
Export as tagged PDFs from Office
See MailTips prior to sending emails
to those who prefer accessible content
42. Meet Veronica
Veronica is a junior at George
Mason University in Fairfax,
Virginia who has low vision and
who uses accessibility capabilities
in Microsoft Office 365 and
Windows 10 to excel academically.
“I’ve introduced Word’s
Accessibility Checker to a lot of
my professors when creating
accessible materials, and showing
them that it takes less than a
minute to make a document
accessible. Why wouldn’t you do
it?”
49. “US Section 508 Coordinators may see Windows 10 and Office 365 deployed faster than they
expect.”
US Department of Homeland Security
“I don’t think we need to retest on Microsoft Products given the way you are developing your
conformance statements.”
Scotiabank Accessibility Expert
51. 52
5 free Microsoft tools to try today
1. Communicate and collaborate seamlessly with Office 365
aka.ms/OfficeEducation
2. Engage your diverse audience by presenting with subtitles
aka.ms/TranslatorForEducation
3. Create assignments that are accessible by design
aka.ms/AccessibleTemplates
4. Go paper-less with Office Lens and Seeing AI
aka.ms/OfficeLens & microsoft.com/en-us/seeing-ai/
5. Encourage independent reading and writing
onenote.com/LearningTools
52. 53
5 Microsoft sites to bookmark and share
1. Educator Training on Inclusive Content
aka.ms/AccessibleContentTraining
2. Educator Training for Personalizing Learning
education.microsoft.com/GetTrained/accessibility
3. Training on Creating a Digitally Inclusive Learning
aka.ms/AchievementForAll
4. Answer Desk for Accessibility Support
aka.ms/Edad
5. Microsoft Accessibility Overview
microsoft.com/Accessibility
53. 54
Related Microsoft Sessions in BOCA IV at ATIA 2018
• Friday at 1pm: aka.ms/AccessibleClassroomContent
• Friday at 4.30pm: aka.ms/WindowsAccessibilityAtAtia
54. 55
Thank you for Attending!
• CEUs: Session Code: EDU-48
– More info at: https://www.atia.org/conference/education-program/ceus/
– Visit the information desk for more information on CEUs. ASHA and ACVREP forms must be submitted before
departing the conference. AOTA and IACET forms can be submitted online.
• ATIA is an Approved Provider for IACET and AOTA CEUs. Please note there is a $15 fee for AOTA CEUs.
• Session Evaluation
– Help us improve the quality of our conference by completing your session evaluation form in the mobile
app.
• Handouts
– Handouts are available at: www.atia.org/orlandohandouts
– Handout link remains live for 3 months after the conference ends.
58. EMPOWER STUDENTS TO
DO THEIR BEST WORK
ENABLE TEACHERS TO ENGAGE
EVERY LEARNER
ENSURE EQUITY AND
INCLUSION IN SCHOOLS
59. EMPOWER STUDENTS TO
DO THEIR BEST WORK
ENABLE TEACHERS TO
ENGAGE EVERY LEARNER
ENSURE EQUITY AND
INCLUSION IN SCHOOLS
Offer free, productivity tools designed
to meet global accessibility standards,
with conformance reported
transparently in aka.ms/508VPATs,
aka.ms/EN301549, and
aka.ms/WCAG2.0 reports informed by
DHS Trusted Tester code-based
inspection process
60. • Accessibility checkers and alt-text support
in all Office 365 PCs, Mac and web apps
and Accessible Templates
• MailTip in Outlook on the web to request
accessible content
• Save as tagged PDF from Word for Mac
• Automatic suggestions for alt-text in Word and
PowerPoint
• Insert links to recent files with automatic display text in
Office 365 PC, Windows 10 and Android apps
• Embed a video recording of a presenter narrating in Ppt,
and add captions to accompany the video in Ppt
• Accessibility Checker available in Visio Online
• Auto-generated captions and transcriptions in English
and Spanish for videos in Microsoft Stream
61. • Learning Tools in OneNote for PCs, Word
for PCs, Office Lens for iOS
• Editor context menu in Word and Outlook
for PCs
• Learning Tools in Word Online, OneNote Online,
OneNote for Windows 10 and Outlook on the Web, with
a new Line Focus Mode
• Read Aloud for PDF and web in Edge
• Editor task pane in Word and Outlook for PCs for
advanced spelling, grammar, and writing styles
recommendations
• Write Ideas from Microsoft Garage, an iOS pre-writing
app that provides the structure and space to speak, type,
and draw ideas
62. • Key productivity experiences made
efficient for screen reader and keyboard
users in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,
Sway, SharePoint and more
• New accessible navigation experience in OneNote for
Windows 10, Mac, iOS, Android and OneNote Online
• Ease of access center to find new accessibility settings in
Office for PCs, including feedback with sound
• Improved ribbon navigation experience in Office for PCs
• Screen reader support for Visio Online & Visio Viewer iOS
• High Contrast Support for Visio Online and enhanced
contrast ratio for themes in Visio
• Improved performance, reliance, and usability, audio and
braille improvements, and safe mode support for Narrator
• Color filters in Windows 10
63. • New, intuitive ways to create and navigate
mouse-free: Tell Me in several Office 365
apps, Designer in PowerPoint for PCs,
Researcher in Word for PCs
• Access Keys supported in Office Online
• Hands free typing for Outlook, Word and
PowerPoint with Dictate add-in from Microsoft
Garage
• Tell Me in Office for iOS and OneNote for
Windows 10
• Designer in PowerPoint Online
• Eye Control Beta in Windows 10
64. • Automatic live captions in Skype for
Windows 10 for consumers and in preview
in Skype Meeting Broadcast
• Support playing back closed captions in
PowerPoint
• Automatic live captions in PowerPoint with
Presentation Translator add-in from Microsoft
Garage
• Auto-generated captions and transcriptions
in English and Spanish for videos in Microsoft
Stream
• Support adding closed captions in
PowerPoint and Sway
Editor's Notes
Our mission, at Microsoft, is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We announced this new mission a couple of years ago. It’s a mission that connects back to our earliest days as a company, but is aimed directly at the opportunities and challenges that the world will face in the decades to come. And it’s only attainable if everyone has access and opportunity to achieve more…
When we talk about empowering people we simply mean that with the right tools, anyone can do anything. That’s everyone. In every context.
Over a billion people live with disabilities. Their exclusion harms all of us.
Computers and the internet provide opportunities and access to services, education and jobs for people with disabilities. But a recent report by The World Bank found that they are still significantly more likely to experience poverty. The unemployment rate for people with disabilities is more than twice the average. This population represents an enormous untapped talent pool at a time when we are all in need of great talent.
The challenges are real and the opportunity is large.
Let’s look at how we think about disability.
For most of the 20th century, disability was defined as the result of an individual’s condition - the problem was with the person.
But disability happens at the points of interaction between a person and their environment. Physical, cognitive and social exclusion are the result of a mismatch between what a person wants to achieve, and an environment that does not support it.
This definition, first adopted by the World Health Organization, presents a solvable design, business and social problem. It’s a problem we’ve taken on at Microsoft because it stands directly between us and our ability to achieve our mission.
It is not always obvious when someone is living with a disability…
The majority of disabilities are invisible. Chronic illness, cognitive or mobility issues, vision loss, and many others often give no visible indicators.
In addition, we increasingly work and collaborate at a distance. We’re often talking to people on the phone, via video conference, or in text. We don’t always have insight into the context, whether disability is present, or even what technology is being used.
But what we do know is that when we place people and context at the center of our design process, the benefits multiply. For example…
In the US alone, 26,000 people a year suffer loss of upper extremities
13 million people suffer temporary impairments…
…and 8 million experience situational exclusion because they are holding a child or a bag of groceries.
Technology designed with the needs of someone who has one hand or arm, for example, has the potential to benefit everyone.
Office Lens on iOS, allows users to take a photograph of printed text, in a textbook for example, and convert the printer text to digital content that they can view in an immersive reader with increased spacing and have that content read aloud.
Learning Tools, which is in Word and OneNote on various endpoints helps people improve their reading skills, including gifted learners, students with learning differences.
It's been shown to improve learning outcomes associated with:
Comprehension
Decoding
Fluency
Dictate, is a free add-in available for all Office apps, that users can install on their device, and use for speech-to-text.
Read Aloud, is a feature that exists within Learning Tools and as a standalone feature in Word’s Review tab, which allows anyone to easily have their content read aloud to them.
Editor is our enhanced set of proofing tools that helps people of all abilities to write easy-to-read documents, with more confidence. It does this by
Reducing the energy spent on low-level processing like spelling
To free up mental “desk space” for the higher-level cognitive tasks in writing (such a conceptual work, composition, structure)
Some case studies:
Our pupils all pretty much without exception hate writing.
The learning tools transformed writing for our pupils.
As you can see the teacher has scribed for him because writing is a tortuous task for him. It is pretty illegible and a very slow process. He then used the learning tools to actually write his story.
This child was able to write this entirely independently, removing the embarrassment of having an adult looking over his shoulder.
He could type and then use the immersive reader to read it back to himself. If he chose the wrong word from the spellcheck menu, he would realise his mistake when he had it read back to him again.
His output increased dramatically. He said “Using OneNote has made me work quicker.”
“No-one has to tell me when I have written something wrong. The computer does it by showing me or when I listen back using Immersive Reader.”
It is very difficult to develop the higher thinking skills needed for creative writing if you can’t write your thoughts down.
Fluency in transferring thoughts to written word is improved – pupils have found it easier to transfer thoughts to typing/computer
Using Immersive Reader increased independent working so pupils were able to hear their own work whilst the words were highlighted
Increased self-confidence with creative writing
Immersive Reader was able to read their work to the rest of the class. This meant they could share work without being embarrassed about own reading skills.
Understanding words helped my write stories. OneNote has given me confidence in writing. I like the talk back.”
“It is easier to type that to write. It is less stressful than writing on paper.”
“OneNote helps me to notice my spelling mistakes when it talks back and highlights the words at the same time.”
Learning Tools is available across a wide variety of applications, as this table highlights.
Editor aims to make Writing Issues more approachable, so more people can act on them to improve their writing.
We hear from teachers that many (if not most) students actually ignore a lot of the squiggles in their documents today, either because they don’t know what the suggestions mean, or because they’re overwhelmed by the number of squiggles, and the thought of fixing them isn’t approachable.
Educators* want tools that would enable students to:
actually pay attention to the errors in their writing
care about addressing the errors in their writing
understanding HOW to improve their writing
understand WHY their correction is better.
Editor introduces Bite-sized explanations right in the context menu, to convey the Issue Category and explain how to fix it. This helps make unfamiliar checks more approachable, and serves to coach users over time.
*K-12 Language Arts teacher interviews, 2016
We’ve implemented a Trusted Tester program, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This program makes technology evaluations easier. In addition to training employees about accessibility, we require all contracted accessibility testers to be certified Trusted Testers. So far 300 testers have been trained – and that’s just for Office. We will be continuing to expand this program.
These kinds of partnerships and scalable systemized processes, enable us to provide the latest conformance documentation for our products, saving our customers resources in the process, so they can make decisions with confidence and focus on what is best for their business, employees and customers.
Learning more in https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/accessibility/2017/02/20/supporting-enterprise-and-government-customers-with-accessibility-standards-conformance-testing-for-microsoft-products/