Project Soundscape
Established: January 1, 2017
News & features
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
Microsoft joins Be My Eyes app to provide tech support to Blind and Low Vision customers
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…
In the news | LinkedIn
You are what you write
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…
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 | Microsoft Accessibility Blog
The Fall Creators Update Brings Us Closer to a Windows for Everyone
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…
In the news | Microsoft Accessibility Blog
Disability Inclusion at Microsoft: A Personal Journey – Amos Miller
“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…