by dbadmin | Dec 5, 2024 | Accessibility, AI, Google, News
Google is enhancing Live Caption with Expressive Captions on Android. Expressive Captions use AI to recognize tone, volume, and ambient sounds and convey them with stylized captions and labels. The feature is available in the US for English on devices running Android...
by dbadmin | Nov 7, 2024 | Accessibility, Android 15, Authority Insights, Google, News
Google is working on a feature that shows a notification when you dismiss the floating button that opens the accessibility menu. Tapping this notification will bring back the floating accessibility button. This feature isn’t live yet, but Google added code for it in...
by dbadmin | Sep 3, 2024 | Accessibility, Google Chrome, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is adding read-aloud features to Chrome, letting you read web pages. TalkBack, Android’s screen reader app, is now better at describing images thanks to an upgrade to Gemini AI on supported devices. Google has just...
by dbadmin | Aug 23, 2024 | Accessibility, AI, News
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Text-to-speech company ElevenLabs has released a reader app that offers text-to-speech support for PDFs, ePub files, articles, and more. The app lets you choose from a variety of AI voices for narration and is free to use....
by dbadmin | Jun 17, 2024 | Accessibility, Google Chrome, News
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Google has brought a “listen to this page” feature to Chrome on Android. This is a text-to-speech feature that reads out your current webpage. Google Chrome for Android doesn’t exactly offer loads of accessibility options, but...
by dbadmin | May 29, 2024 | Accessibility, Android 15, News
Google has announced that the Android 15 update will improve the platform’s support for hearing aids. The latest release will work with hearing aids that support Bluetooth LE Audio. The update will also offer better hearing aid management features like a Quick...
