Microsoft Soundscape
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Sony Electronics Introduces LinkBuds, a New Frontier for Headphones
Sony Electronics Inc. today announced a new way to enjoy favorite music, content, and experiences – all at once – with the innovative truly wireless LinkBuds headphones. By leveraging LinkBuds’ unique design, sensors, and spatial sound technologies, Sony will create…
Soundscaping the world with Amos Miller
Episode 54, December 12, 2018 – Amos Miller is a product strategist on the Microsoft Research NeXT Enable team, and he’s played a pivotal role in bringing some of MSR’s most innovative research to users with disabilities. He also happens…
In the news | Microsoft Accessibility Blog
Water Music: Navigating toward increased independence through Soundscape
Imagine you’re paddling on the lake, you feel the warm sun on your face, listen quietly to the calm ripples of the water. You can hear a sound beacon, in 3D, on the water, just in front of you and…
In the news | Microsoft Accessibility Blog
Microsoft Soundscape: Lighting up the world with sound
A few years ago, when my daughter was only 5, we walked down the street after going to see a play at the Angel Theatre in London, looking for a place to get a bite. Dad and Kiddo, a normal…
In the news | Apple App Store
Mapping the World With Sound
Microsoft Soundscape encourages you to wander. Unlike step-by-step navigation tools, the app never tells you where to go or what to do. In the same way the smell of baking bread might help you discover a nearby café, it offers…
In the news | Microsoft Accessibility Blog
Soundscape app empowers people who are blind or have low vision to explore the world
Advancements in technology can play a deep and meaningful role in the independent mobility of people who are blind or have low vision. That is why we created Microsoft Soundscape, a research project available today for free on iOS and…
In the news | Microsoft Accessibility Blog
Empowering the Transformation to a More Inclusive and Accessible World
United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (UN IDPD) serves as an important reminder that globally there are over a billion people with a disability. This year’s theme, “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all” is especially relevant…
In the news | Microsoft Accessibility Blog
Inclusion in action: Steve uses technology to access printed materials in a crisis
Today, we’re excited to introduce you to Steve. He is a father who is blind and managed a medical crisis involving his young daughter, with OneNote and Office Lens by his side to make printed materials accessible. His is the…
In the news | New York Times
Can AI be taught to explain itself?
As machine learning becomes more powerful, the field’s researchers increasingly find themselves unable to account for what their algorithms know — or how they know it.