In 2019, Google is introducing a new useful feature for the hearing impaired: Live Subtitles. First introduced on the Pixel 4, this feature offers automatic captioning of all the content on your phone with audio. Videos, podcasts and even calls : Android smartphones like the Galaxy S20 and OnePlus 8 can now display the sounds and sounds they detect in text format.
It was only a matter of time before Mountain View made Live Captions available to other platforms. Indeed, it is now available in Chrome 89. To enable it, go to: Settings > Advanced Settings > Accessibility. The feature only detects English content for now. However, it should soon work with other languages as well.
PC version of Chrome is equipped with Live Captions
According to initial testing, Live Captions work perfectly on streaming and podcast sites. This feature copies detected dialogs in a small window that appears at the bottom of the screen. However, it is necessary while downloading some discovery files from the first activation. After that, there is nothing to do but enjoy the automatic subtitles.
This is possible configure window size To display more captions on the screen User can also enable and disable Live Captions at any time very easily from: button that appears on the taskbar. in Chrome. Perhaps most impressively, the feature continues to add subtitles to content. even with the sound turned off.
While Google wants to improve Chrome 89, including reducing RAM consumption, Live Captions should be available in all browser versions. We can expect other features aimed at optimizing accessibility to be added soon, with Mountain View firm announcing that an update will be rolled out every month starting September 2021.
Source : XDA Developers
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