Accessibility-first experiences

The accommodation offerings for the digital on demand and keynote include:

• Screen reader compatibility
• Audio descriptions
• Transcript downloads
• American Sign Language (ASL)
• PowerPoint accessibility checker
• Pre-recorded closed captioning: AI translation to other languages

• Companion Registration for Personal Care Attendants, Sighted Guides, and other Accessibility Professionals
• Digital agenda and on-site
• Accessibility Booth
• ADA Compliant bathrooms
• Service Animal Relief Area
• Live Audio Description
• Captioning
• Reserved Seating in keynotes and sessions
• Humanity Spaces (Mother's room)
• Personal consideration room (quiet space for short breaks)
• Training for Staff
• Large print agendas and menus+-

Both live and on-demand captions for videos can be turned on and allow for customization that includes adjusting caption size, contrast, font style, and placement in the video player. Captions in English are professionally translated by a human. AI-generated closed captions for other languages are fed by that English translation. To learn more about closed captions, visit: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Both live and on-demand videos have the option to enable ASL. The ASL interpreters are reviewed for technical acumen. To learn more about ASL, Understanding Success Criterian: Sign Language

Both live and on-demand video players can switch to full screen with Play, Pause, and Stop options.

Selecting the live button in the player jumps to the current moment of the video stream content. The scrub bar allows the user to jump to specific timestamps to review previous content at their own pace.

Active chat streams next to the video player can be turned off, or chat can be launched into a separate browser window.

Both live and on-demand video player volume can be adjusted.

All on-demand videos have an English audio description toggle option to allow a user to hear the dialogue of the presentation and additional audio about slides, speaker movement, and visual descriptions. To learn more about audio descriptions, visit: Captions and Audio Descriptions for PC Multimedia | Microsoft Docs

The initial launch of the digital venue with video content is paused instead of automatically playing. Selecting Play will play the streaming video for both live and on-demand streams.

Additional audio for German, French, Spanish, simplified Chinese, and Japanese is available to select on the video player. This is a human interpreted audio track in that selected language choice during the video playback.

The digital venue can be accessed with just a keyboard. No additional input devices (such as a mouse or controller) are required. This can prove useful for individuals who use certain assistive technologies that send keyboard-style input to the browser, or who are simply more comfortable using a keyboard. The site is tested with Chrome and Edge browsers with the latest versions of Windows 11 Narrator and NVDA. To learn more about keyboard accessibility, visit: Keyboard accessibility - Windows apps | Microsoft Docs