Microsoft highlights how Office 365 is more accessible than ever

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Published onDecember 2, 2016

published onDecember 2, 2016

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Accessibility has been an increasing highlight for software and hardware companies recently as tech businesses such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft continue to pour resources into normalizing customers who require these features.

Microsoft’s Office 365 has been one of the company’s hotbed for accessibility features, and it seems the Office team is no hurry to end that streak. Not only is Microsoft’s Office team building more accessibility features into its software suite, but they’re asking developers to help out in areas they may have missed.

In a new post on the Office 365 blog,the Office team is offering information on how to add their own particular accessibility featuresto the productivity suite.

Noteworthy new capabilities built into Office 365 to help you with this include:

Readers are also given a breakdown of other key updates released during this fourth quarter which includes screen readers, access keys to navigate the ribbon in Office and image capture via voice controls in Office Lens for iOS among other items.

As Microsoft continues to build out Office 365 as its own sprawling platform similar to Windows, developers should expect to see more blog post, tutorials, videos and walkthroughs regarding adding even more accessibility features.

Kareem Anderson

Networking & Security Specialist

Kareem is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. His passion for technology and content creation drives are unmatched, driving him to create well-researched articles and incredible YouTube videos.

He is always on the lookout for everything new about Microsoft, focusing on making easy-to-understand content and breaking down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security.

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Kareem Anderson

Networking & Security Specialist

He is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. He breaks down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security

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