Google I/O ahead of 2025, which starts from May 20, the company has Announced some major access concentrated facilities For Android and Google Chrome. These include improving Android screen reader, more expressive captions, and easy to read lessons in Chrome for Android. This follows Apple’s recent accessibility -focused announcements, with the posts of both companies to mark the Global Exhibition Awareness Day (15 May). Here are the best new accessibility features in Android and Chrome.
Better screen reader on Android
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Talkback is the screen reader of Android, and while it was Mithun AI Integration for some time, it is getting some updates. Previously, AI can generate details of onscreen images, even if they did not have the ALT text (which generally allows screen readers to describe images). Now, Google is expanding its feature set to include questions and answers for images. This should help users to learn more about what the users have been painted, such as the make and model of a product, if the discount is available for it, and what else is there in the photo. You can use talkback to ask Mithun to see clothes on a shopping website and recommend the best pick for a certain occasion, Google suggests.
The caption will express more emotions
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When you are watching a sports game with the caption, the lesson does not always express emotion behind the commentary. If a player scored an incredible goal, the commentator can say, “Gooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. The expressive caption will display more labels for sounds, including whistle and throat cleaning.
Read small lessons easily in Chrome for Android
Google is trying to make it easier for Android to read lessons in Chrome. If you find the default font size very small, the new page of Chrome will allow you to increase the font size without zoom to the rest of the website. Google says that you will be able to customize your adjustment and save your preferences for all websites.
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Better screen reader support for PDFS in Chrome
In Chrome for desktops, Google is adding the ability to use a screen reader to interact with scanned PDF. Chrome will use OCR (optical character recognition) to identify scanned pages and will allow you to use, highlight, copy and search a screen reader.
