What you need to know
Accessibility is extremely important in video games, as it allows more gamers to participate in what they love.
Xbox has made accessibility a priority for them over the last few years, and this trend continues on Global Accessibility Awareness Day.
In celebration of today, Xbox has released a ton of information on new accessibility features, resources, and ways to contribute to accessibility from Xbox.
This include a new Xbox Accessibility Insider League inside the Xbox Insider Program, and much-requested features like speech-to-text for Party Chat.
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and that means Xbox is taking this opportunity to provide an update on their efforts to make video games more accessible for everyone. Xbox is celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day with a huge number of new accessibility features for existing games and the Xbox platform, new resources for gamers and updates to Microsoft s Xbox Accessibility Guidelines, and ne
Xbox s latest Accessibility initiative will support devs in reducing gameplay barriers
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Microsoft offers new accessibility testing service for PC and Xbox games
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When President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law in 1990, it focused mainly on questions of employment and improved physical access. Widespread adoption of the world wide web was still years away and so the topic of better online access wasnât a major consideration of the original law.
While the web, the internet and mobile apps are now integral parts of everyday life for most people in the US, accessibility remains an issue for many â an issue that was heightened during the increased reliance on online interactions spurred on by the pandemic. According to UsableNet, web, app and video accessibility cases were up almost 25% from the previous year, with December 2020 lawsuits double what they were in January 2020.