Making Windows Vista and computing more accessible to everyone!

Aspects often forgotten in the heat of “cool stuff”, Sucurity, stabolity, etc. How can people with disabilities, older people. Last year we had a speaker on one of our company meetings in The Netherlands who is blind. He explained how important it is people who design websites and software in general take a “disability angle” in their design and build.

Dr. Crounse and his guests discuss the surprising incidence of permanent and temporary disabilities and then demonstrate some of the accessibility tools available in Windows Vista. See how the Ease of Access Center can be used to customize a user’s experience to meet their needs and abilities; watch how the Narrator accessibility feature can be used to navigate applications; and learn about other features in Windows Vista designed for people with visual disabilities.

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In one of my posts back in August of this year, I quoted the decision of Massachusetts to not go with Open Office or some other stripped down version of Office for this type of functionality:

…Last year, Massachusetts caught international attention for its decision to standardize by January 2007 on ODF, a document format standard not supported in Microsoft Office.

The move was criticized by disability-rights groups, which complained that going to ODF-compliant products, such as the open-source OpenOffice suite, would not adequately address their needs. In general, Microsoft Office has better assistive technologies, such as screen enlargers …

Peter de Haas
Peter de Haas

Peter wordt gedreven door de grenzeloze mogelijkheden van technologische vooruitgang en heeft meer dan 35 jaar ervaring op het snijvlak van business en IT. Gedurende zijn carrière heeft hij talloze ontwikkelingen zien opkomen en de impact ervan op organisaties en mensen van dichtbij meegemaakt. Met een scherp oog voor het vinden van oplossingen waar anderen obstakels zien, heeft hij zich ontwikkeld tot een vertrouwde expert in digitale transformaties.

Met Designing a Better Workday. als zijn missie helpt Peter individuen, teams en organisaties nieuwe vaardigheden te ontwikkelen en baanbrekende oplossingen te implementeren die werk slimmer, efficiënter en betekenisvoller maken. Zijn inzichten en ervaring maken hem een gewaardeerde bron voor iedereen die technologische trends wil begrijpen en benutten.

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