Google takes wraps off new accessibility projects at I/O

Google takes wraps off new accessibility projects at I/O

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Pichai also highlighted three new efforts that address the accessibility challenges for people with disabilities. Project Euphonia uses AI to help people with speech impairments; Live Relay allows people who are deaf or hard of hearing make phone calls; and Project Diva makes voice-activated assistants more accessible to people who don't speak.

The Live Caption feature and these new Google projects are the latest examples of how the company is trying to address accessibility challenges for people with disabilities. For example, Google's Maps team has local guides who scout out places with ramps and entrances for people in wheelchairs. Last year at the I/O developer conference, it announced the Android Lookout app, which helps the visually impaired by giving spoken clues about the objects, text and people around them.