World News Headlines March 8, 2022 Under One Ceiling 0 Google Pixel launches live captions for phone calls 0 0000 0 0 more now viewing Google Pixel launches live captions for phone calls March 8, 2022 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options March 8, 2022 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day March 8, 2022 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason March 8, 2022 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 March 8, 2022 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas March 8, 2022 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience March 8, 2022 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men March 8, 2022 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine March 8, 2022 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal March 8, 2022 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found March 8, 2022 Under One Ceiling Google Pixel launches live captions for phone calls Google announced its latest accessibility update Monday — real-time phone call captions for Google Pixel users who cannot or prefer not to speak on the phone. The Live Caption feature for phones will let users initiate two-way text-to-speech tools within a call, providing live captions of what the other person says in real time and letting users type a response that’s read out loud by Google’s text-to-speech voice during the call. Once initiated, the phone call converts into an easily navigable text chat exchange on the user’s side. It also alerts the caller on the other line that the person is using these services, making it easier for everyone involved. When receiving a phone call, users can enable Live Caption directly on screen. Credit: Google When enabled, Live Caption automatically transcribes the speaker’s voice. Credit: Google Pixel users can type their responses, which are then read out loud to the caller. Credit: Google Live Caption is the product of Google’s Live Relay research, an initiative that began in 2019 to devise better captioning and other live accessibility features for callers who are deaf. Live Caption tools were originally introduced to Google apps and devices to help caption audio played through computers and phones, as well as transcribe environmental sounds and external noises. Initial versions of live captions for calls were introduced to select devices in 2020, and then expanded in 2021. The newest iteration is an updated tool available across Pixel phones. It’s also the latest in a series of accessibility features from the company, like Live Transcribe & Notification, which provides two-way conversation transcription and can alert users to ambient sounds around them, as well as Google Meet closed captioning and improved captions for YouTube content. Sam Sepah, accessibility research program manager and a member of the Deaf community himself, consulted on the research and worked with Google’s design team to ensure the company’s accessibility features are living up to the day-to-day needs of users who are deaf. “As an individual, as an adult, I want to have a life without relying on too many people or too many services,” Sepah said, explaining his own needs. “I want to be able to make independent decisions about how I communicate with the world. Making personal phone calls is a hugely powerful experience.” Important to the feature, and for many users, Sepah said, is the fact that it’s integrated into the device, without the need for third-party apps, other tech, or traditional relay services, which provide a variety of accessibility tools and even video interpreters that help individuals who are deaf to make phone calls. He explained that these services have sometimes proven difficult for him and others to use on the daily, especially for simple day-to-day tasks like quickly calling a friend while in line at the store. “A lot of people who do not have a disability or hearing loss might not realize that Live Caption for calls is, really, a transformational experience for our community, especially the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community,” Sepah said. “Live captions are really exciting for me — I thought that I would see that sort of technology when I was an old man.” To use Live Caption’s text-to-speech responses, all Pixel 6 users need is their phones. Access Live Captions in the “Accessibility” section of your phone’s settings menu. When receiving or placing a call, wait for the Live Caption pop-up window or select the small captions logo at the bottom right side of the calling screen. You can then tap the keyboard icon under the captions to send a response. Live Caption for transcribing the voices of callers is currently available in English for Pixel 2 or newer phones. The option to respond in calls with text-to-speech technology will be available in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish, for Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro this month. Related Related posts: Under pressure from Russian government Google, Apple remove opposition leader’s Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin Black Friday is back but pandemic woes linger Scientists declared these animals extinct in 2021 Afghanistan’s economy is collapsing, the US can help stop it tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous War in Ukraine: Russia says it may cut gas supplies if oil ban goes ahead next Telegram founder stops short of promising user data is safe
