Microsoft Corp. today demonstrated its ongoing commitment to making technology available to everyone by announcing the newest wave of industry support for Microsoft� Windows� XP operating system-compatible technologies being developed to enable people with disabilities to live, learn and work more productively. The announcement was made at the 17th annual international conference on assistive technology sponsored by the Center on Disabilities at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). The support for Windows XP has been delivered with unprecedented speed. In the past, disabled users often had to wait up to 18 months for assistive technology software and devices that would support a newly released operating system. The new products and technologies announced at the CSUN conference this week are from Assistive Technology Inc. (ATI), IntelliTools Inc., Kurzweil Educational Systems Ltd., Macromedia Inc., Madentec Ltd., ScanSoft Inc., Words+ Inc. and ZYGO Industries Inc. They join previously announced Windows XP-compatible products from companies such as Ai Squared, Dolphin Computer Access, Freedom Scientific Inc., GW Micro Inc., Interactive Solutions Inc., NXi Communications Inc. and Tash Inc., which were available to users when Microsoft launched Windows XP in October.