The third Thursday of May, May 15 this year, is dedicated to accessibility issues through Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). It's an opportunity for companies to unveil their initiatives in this area, as Apple did earlier this week. Google is obviously not left out.
More vivid subtitles, more useful AI
"And it's the gouuuuuuut!" Users of Android 15 and above will be able to read enthusiastic subtitles from sports commentators during matches! The Live Captions feature, which transcribes smartphone audio verbatim in real time, can now "extend" words when necessary.
Last December, Live Captions gained an Expressive Captions feature, which describes the emotions expressed in videos with indications like "[sigh]" or "[applause]." Google has added a duration feature that helps differentiate between a sports commentator raving about a "magnificent shot" and a video message that doesn't just say "no," but "nooooo." This new version is currently rolling out in English.
Another equally (if not more) interesting new feature: Android's screen reader, TalkBack, has been powered by Gemini since last year. This reader allows visually impaired users to read image descriptions, even when there is no alt text. TalkBack users can now ask Gemini questions about the images in question.
In an e-commerce app, this could be, for example, asking for details about an item or whether you're eligible for a discount.
The desktop version of the Chrome browser now has an OCR tool for scanned documents saved as PDF. The software automatically recognizes the PDF type; It is then possible to use the screen reader to copy text, search for a word or phrase, or highlight a passage.
Finally, the mobile version of Chrome now offers a text enlargement function that does not affect the overall design of the website, as on desktop Chrome.
Source : Google
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