Project Soundscape

2018年6月17日

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…

2018年2月28日

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…

2018年2月21日

For 900,000 people across 150 countries, the Be My Eyes app and its hundreds of thousands of sighted volunteers help people who are Blind or Low Vision do tasks, like cooking, or helping them find something they lost, reading a…

2018年2月8日

There is a Chinese proverb that says “见文如见人,” which literally means “reading the document is the same as seeing the author.” If we are what we write, then who have we, as a society, become? I was sitting in a technical review…

2017年12月4日

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…

2017年11月27日

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…

2017年10月17日

Today, with the launch of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft is taking a big step forward on our journey to make our products more accessible and empower people with disabilities. Our teams have been working tirelessly to build…

2017年8月22日

“Working in an organization like Microsoft, it’s like working in a toy store,” said Amos Miller, a product strategist with Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence and Research team. “You basically have everything around you to help you with what you want to…