Android’s Live Caption panel adding Background transparency
After introducing Expressive Captions in December, the Live Caption panel on Pixel devices now offers a Background transparency setting.
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Google’s Live Captions can now use AI [gasp] to make ‘Expressive Captions’
Google’s Live captions are becoming richer with new AI-driven “Expressive Captions” that convey more than basic language, including sounds and actions. Google is also bringing Gemini 1.5 to Image Q&A in the Lookout app.
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As part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), Google announced a number of updates across Android, Chrome, and other services, including an image Q&A feature in Lookout.
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Google airs ‘A CODA Story’ Oscars ad highlighting Meet and Live Caption
Following a widely-received ad during the NCAA Final Four at the start of April, Google at the 93rd Oscars aired “A CODA Story” to highlight another way COVID-19 has impacted family and communication.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Chrome prepares Android’s ‘Live Caption’ for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS
One of Android’s best accessibility features is “Live Caption.” Introduced in Android 10, “Live Caption” uses device resources to generate captions for any media that’s playing and now, it’s coming to Google Chrome.
Android’s ‘Live Caption’ feature may soon work during phone calls
Google first introduced its Live Caption feature in Android 10, and in the time since, it’s expanded past Pixels to devices from OnePlus and Samsung. Now it seems Google is planning to expand where you can use the feature by enabling Live Caption to work with phone calls.