Category: captions

Twitter says two new teams will address its accessibility issues

Post author By Randall
Post date September 2, 2020
Categories In accessibility, accessibility center of excellence, ada, audio, captions, disabilities, experience accessibility team, gear, News, teams, Tech, tweets, Twitter

[ad_1] Twitter is launching two new teams: the Accessibility Center of Excellence (ACE) and the Experience Accessibility Team (EAT, that can’t be intentional). While those names sound a bit like they came out of a corporate jargon generator, the teams will do important work. ACE will make aspects of Twitter — from office spaces to […]

Google rolls out captions for audio and video messages on Duo

Post author By Randall
Post date August 20, 2020
Categories In captions, gear, google duo, News, Tech

[ad_1] Google has started rolling out a new Duo feature that’ll make it easier to check video and voice messages even in a noisy place. In a tweet, the Made by Google account has revealed that captions have started going live for messages sent on the application. No, the app still won’t be able to […]

Google rolls out real-time captioning starting with Pixel 4

Post author By Randall
Post date October 16, 2019
Categories In accessibility, Android, audio, captioning, captions, gear, Google, live caption, live captions, livecaption, livecaptions, pixel 4, pixel4, services, Tech, transcription

[ad_1] Live Caption is available on Pixel 4 at first, and it’ll arrive on Pixel 3 and 3a phones later this year. Google says it’s working with Android manufacturers to bring Live Caption to other devices in the coming months. It’ll be available in English at first, with support for more languages arriving later. Google […]