Microsoft wants to start sending out updates letting people know about the
new information available on the Microsoft Accessibility and Disabilities Web
site: 

	http://microsoft.com/enable/

In the future they also hope to include more information on the state of
their ongoing projects.  


Recent headlines for Monday, August 18, 1997:

Bill Gates discusses accessibility in his newspaper column. Find out what the
President and CEO of Microsoft has to say about the importance of making
software usable by everyone. (August 13, 1997) 

Search the Knowledge Base for technical articles of particular interest to
people with disabilities. (August 13, 1997) 

President of Gallaudet University visits Microsoft to view products that aid
students who are deaf and hard of hearing. (August 13, 1997) 

HiP Magazine Advisory Council Comes to Microsoft to take part in focus group
on SAMI closed captioning. (August 13, 1997) 

SAMI specification available. Check out the technical details of the new
technology that will enable anyone who creates multimedia software titles and
Web pages to provide closed captioning for users who are deaf or
hard-of-hearing. (August 13, 1997) 

Active Accessibility SDK now on CD-ROM. Microsoft's exciting new technology
to make better accessibility aids and more accessible applications. Released
in May, now available on the Web and on CD-ROM. (August 13, 1997) 

Microsoft awarded top honor by Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
(SHHH) for progress in making multimedia software accessible to people with
hearing loss. (June 16, 1997) 

New guidelines for accessible Web page design to take advantage of the new
accessibility features in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. (June 16, 1997) 

Accessibility is now a Logo requirement. Microsoft releases version 3.0  of
the Designed for Windows NT and Windows 95 Logo program, containing four new
accessibility requirements. (May 7, 1997) 

Updated Accessibility Design Guidelines. A significant upgrade to <I>the</I>
guide to creating accessible software applications. (May 7, 1997) 

Download Office 97 Manuals. Accessible text versions of the books, from
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Inc. (May 7, 1997) 

	Thanks,

	Greg Lowney