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By Anthony Spadafora published 8 January 22
New accessibility app lets disabled users add comments for their coworkers in documents
At a time when business are using web accessibility software to make their websites accessible to all, Microsoft has released a new add-on that does the same thing for its office software.
As over 1bn people are currently living with a disability, the software giant’s Office Engineering team has created a new accessibility add-on for Microsoft Office called Accessibility Reminder.
According to a new blog post, Accessibility Reminder helps drive awareness of the importance of making your organization’s Office documents accessible with tips and tricks to fix accessibility issues. With the app’s comment feature, disabled users can also remind their fellow collaborators that something in a document needs to be changed so that they can see or hear it.
The Accessibility Reminder app is currently available in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint for both desktop and the web.
Microsoft’s new Accessibility Reminder app allows users to insert reminder comments in Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint slides to spread awareness of any issues they have when trying to collaborate with others.
In addition to more general comments, users can also create custom comments to notify specific document authors and include personalized messages, organization-specific links, training and more.
To install Microsoft’s Accessibility Reminder app, you first need to navigate to this website, sign in with your Microsoft 365 email address and fill out a short form. From here, you’ll be taken to the Microsoft Garage project download site where you can specify which applications you want to install and use the app in.
While Microsoft released its Adaptive Controller back in 2018 to help disabled gamers play games on Xbox and PC, its new Accessibility Reminder app will likely be a big help for them when working from home and collaborating with their co-workers in documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
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After getting his start at ITProPortal while living in South Korea, Anthony now writes about cybersecurity, web hosting, cloud services, VPNs and software for TechRadar Pro. In addition to writing the news, he also edits and uploads reviews and features and tests numerous VPNs from his home in Houston, Texas. Recently, Anthony has taken a closer look at standing desks, office chairs and all sorts of other work from home essentials. When not working, you can find him tinkering with PCs and game consoles, managing cables and upgrading his smart home.
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