Microsoft Accessibility Blog

Keeping Up-to-Date with Partners in Learning

Daniel Hubbell - MSFT — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:19:00 GMT

We live in world where it seems to be increasingly hard to keep up with the pace of new technology. As a parent of school age children and as the son of an elementary school teacher, I know firsthand that the pace of this change is even harder to navigate...(read more)

Autism Hackathon in Seattle - March 22-24th

Daniel Hubbell - MSFT — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:13:00 GMT

The Bing Fund would like to invite you to join us at the Hack Autism Event, a hackathon brought to you by Bing Fund in partnership with UW Autism Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle Children's Autism Guild, and Teachtown. We're getting together folks like you – thinkers, hackers, designers, tinkerers, amplifiers – to participate, give feedback, test, and hack together. For a purpose. For autism.

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Microsoft Accessibility Support Team - Frequently Asked Questions

Daniel Hubbell - MSFT — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:23:00 GMT

In a previous post we announced the availability of the Microsoft Accessibility Support Team and the new customer support offering that provides a tailored experience for people with disabilities and customers using our accessibility features. We have...(read more)

Launch of the North America Accessibility Support Team

Daniel Hubbell - MSFT — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:19:00 GMT

Every customer is important to us. We’re passionate about providing the best possible experience for all our customers, including those with disabilities, to help them get the most out of Microsoft products. There are over 58 million people with...(read more)

Rethinking How We Interact With Technology Using Voice, Touch and Gestures

Daniel Hubbell - MSFT — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:31:00 GMT

This blog post was written by Daniel Hubbell, Senior Marketing Communications manager at Microsoft. Daniel’s career spans more than 12 years at Microsoft and his current role is focused on increasing the awareness of accessibility with consumers...(read more)

European Disability Forum and Microsoft Team up to Enhance Accessibility

Daniel Hubbell - MSFT — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:42:00 GMT

Accessibility is now high on the European agenda as the European Union and 24 out of the 27 EU Member States have ratified the United-Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which states that persons with disabilities have the rights...(read more)

Sliding Doors: Transformative moment inspires Accessibility Journey

Daniel Hubbell - MSFT — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:02:00 GMT

22 years ago while in college, I was majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Psychology. During this time, one of my Psychology professors asked me to tutor a student in statistics. I agreed. Little did I know that my tutoring experience would be a “Sliding Doors” moment—one of those experiences that changes the trajectory of one’s life.

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Puget Sound World Usability Day (WUD) event

Daniel Hubbell - MSFT — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:27:00 GMT

The annual World Usability Day (WUD) is on November 8, 2012. WUD is a collection of events streamed live around the globe (for more information, go to http://www.worldusabilityday.org/). Microsoft and the University of Washington’s Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering are proud to continue our tradition of co-hosting the Puget Sound WUD event.

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2012 Paralympic Games: A Spectacular Celebration of Ability

Daniel Hubbell - MSFT — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:01:00 GMT

While traveling to England to attend a family wedding and visit with my cousins in northwest London, I had the opportunity to experience the city along with its residents. I experienced Londoners’ exceptionally good cheer, unseasonably sunny weather, and was struck by the overwhelming support residents showed for the Paralympic sporting events. The city couldn’t get enough of the Paralympic activities. The Olympic Park was packed every day with athletes and spectators, and the events sold more tickets than any other Paralympics in history.

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Speech Recognition: Yesterday’s science fiction is today’s reality

Daniel Hubbell - MSFT — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:07:00 GMT

Speech recognition is one of my favorite things to demo. There is something about watching words appear on a screen after speaking them that feels like science fiction to me. The technology has a wow factor that no other demo seems to produce.

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