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Microsoft 365 will soon have an accessibility assistant
This year’s Microsoft Ability Summit is underway and the company has revealed its latest advancements for accessibility and disability inclusion. First, it’s bringing an accessibility assistant to Microsoft 365 (formerly Microsoft Office). The aim is to help people produce content that’s more accessible.
The assistant will offer suggestions on how to prevent and correct accessibility issues, along with what Microsoft calls “better defaults” and “real-time remediation.” The assistant follows an accessibility checker in Visual Studio. On a similar note, Microsoft has released a guidebook (PDF) to help people design products with cognitive diversity in mind.
Later this year, there will be 3D-printed attachments for the Surface Pen — they’re already available for the Business Pen and Classroom Pen 2. According to Microsoft, the grips can make the pens easier to hold for those with limited mobility so they can use the peripherals on their Surface devices.
Elsewhere, Microsoft detailed more accessibility-minded updates that are built on the Azure platform. The Seeing AI app recently added a feature to help blind users and those with low vision to make their way through a building with the guidance of spatial audio cues.
Azure Cognitive Services for vision will be employed to automatically add alt-text descriptions and captioning on LinkedIn as well. Microsoft notes that more than 40 percent of LinkedIn posts have at least one image. While automatically generated descriptions won’t be perfect, they’re better than having no alt text at all.
On top of all that, Microsoft Translator today gained support for an additional 13 African languages, including Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo. Additionally, Microsoft says it will delve into some of the ways that Bing AI can bolster accessibility during the summit.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-365-will-soon-have-an-accessibility-assistant-180049887.html?src=rss
Microsoft touts new GPT-powered chatbot for Dynamics 365 CRM, ERP apps
Microsoft today unveiled a generative AI chatbot for business users that will draft email responses to customers, create textual summaries of Teams meetings, and generate marketing and sales email campaigns.
Based on OpenAI’s GPT-3, Microsoft’s new Dynamics 365 Copilot is an extension to its existing CRM and ERP software, working alongside those applications to assist in answering questions, creating content, and summarizing conversations and notes. The announcement furthers Microsoft’s ongoing AI push in its business-centric apps.
Google Workspace is getting a whole new look to try and topple Microsoft 365
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Microsoft 365 Integration Is Coming to Chromebooks
Chromebooks are designed to work with Google services first and foremost, but they also work well with everything from Linux apps to cloud gaming platforms. Google is now working to improve Microsoft 365 on Chromebooks.
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Microsoft launches new 365 Basic tier, overhauls its Office app
Microsoft has announced it will be introducing a new, low-cost subscription tier to its Microsoft 365 product bundle.
Called Microsoft 365 Basic, the new tier will be priced at $1.99 per month, or $19.99 per year, and will be globally available on January 30. Initially, users will have access to 100GB of cloud storage, an ad-free Outlook web and mobile experience, with enhanced security features like ransomware recovery and password-protected sharing links in OneDrive being rolled out in the coming months.
Microsoft launches new 365 Basic tier, overhauls its Office app
Microsoft has announced it will be introducing a new, low-cost subscription tier to its Microsoft 365 product bundle.
Called Microsoft 365 Basic, the new tier will be priced at $1.99 per month, or $19.99 per year, and will be globally available on January 30. Initially, users will have access to 100GB of cloud storage, an ad-free Outlook web and mobile experience, with enhanced security features like ransomware recovery and password-protected sharing links in OneDrive being rolled out in the coming months.
Microsoft 365 Has a New $2/Month Tier: Here’s What You Get
Microsoft 365 is perhaps one of the best tech subscriptions you can grab today, but now, the entry barrier is getting even lower. There’s a new “Basic” tier that costs just $2 per month.
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Microsoft 365 Basic gets you 100GB of OneDrive, ad-free Outlook, but no desktop Office for $2 a month
Since 2011, Microsoft 365 has provided a more affordable subscription-based service for Office apps, expanding to include many additional features over the years. Microsoft 365 Basic is a great middle-ground for users who need more features than the free tier, but don’t want all that the Personal plan offers.