By adding more accessibility features, Microsoft could potentially attract more users to its platform. There are many accessibility features the software giant wants to touch on, but right now, it’s focusing mainly on the visually impaired and how to get them to experience Office 365 from a different standpoint. According to John Jendrezak, accessibility lead and partner director of program management for the Office Engineering team, Microsoft is celebrating the 5th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The plan is to talk about Office 365 accessible features along with adjusting high contrast themes. People with certain vision impairments, such as cataracts, rely on High Contrast themes to see apps and content with less eye strain. Without the High Contrast mode turned on, PC icons on the Office ribbon may not be very visible to someone with reduced contrast sensitivity. For those on mobile devices, Microsoft wants to use audio to help the visually impaired know and understand what’s being displayed on screen. According to the Office 365 roadmap, these features are not too far away. We’ll be talking about them once they are officially released in a future update. We applaud Microsoft for making these moves, especially seeing as there are now open source alternatives to Office 365 that might gain a lot of traction in the months to come. RELATED STORIES YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT:
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