During Microsoft’s Annual Ability Summit, Redmond official Jenny Lay-Flurrie revealed that the tool can correct your grammar, flag low contrast issues between text and background, check your spelling, and give you smart suggestions to prevent accessibility issues. Unlike Clippy Office Assistant which features a humanoid paperclip logo complete with eyebrows and a pair of eyes, the new Accessibility Assistant will feature a person-shaped icon to mark the location where issues are located. Moreover, when the new feature takes place, it will replace the current Accessibility Checker on Microsoft 365 apps. The million-dollar question is, how good will it be? We all know the ill-fated Clippy that was killed altogether from Office 2007 onwards. And, despite Microsoft’s attempt to resurrect the polarizing-annoying Groucho eyebrows by re-introducing it as a pack of stickers on Teams, Clippy was just never as good.
How good is the Accessibility Assistant on Microsoft 365 apps?
Well, Microsoft said that devs have been working closely with insiders to roll out this feature on select users before its general availability in the coming weeks. But if they stay true to what they promised, it’s safe to say that this feature will be a massive game-changer. Not only does the Accessibility Assistant work as a grammar companion, but it also helps you pick better colors for your text. When opening the text’s color option, the new color picker will automatically guide you to pick those that aren’t so hard to read. What do you think about the accessibility assistant feature on Microsoft 365 apps? Let us know in the comments!
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