What’s new in Android Accessibility
summary
Overview of concrete features and results: Live Transcribe (launched Feb) and Live Caption automatically caption audio across apps, using recurrent neural nets shrunk to run fully on-device, so captions work offline and audio never leaves the phone; Live Transcribe supports 70+ languages and research with Gallaudet drove UI changes (removed colored confidence and italics, kept scrolling). Lookout (launched Mar) recognizes currency, text and objects and expands to Samsung S8–S10 and LG G7/G8. Voice Access (Sept) and Switch Access add voice and one‑/two‑switch text editing with undo/redo; Accessibility Menu, TalkBack search, Dark Theme and adjustable timeouts ship in Android Q.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to Mission
- 1:22Accessibility as a Right
- 2:58The Curb Cut Effect
- 4:33Live Transcribe Demo
- 7:55Live Caption Launch
- 11:35User Research and Empathy
- 17:54Dexterity Impairments
- 23:55Lookout App for Vision
- 29:01Talkback and New Features
- 33:54Summary and Conclusion
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