Android’s screen reader can now answer questions about pictures
Today Global Access Awareness Day . Apple Got it Rolling things Tuesday, now there is Google Joining the parade. To get started, the company’s talkback, Android’s built -in screen reader, is more useful. With the help of one of Google’s Gemini models, Talkback can now answer questions about images displayed on your phone, there is no ALT text that describes them.
“When a friend text you a photo of their new guitar, you can get an explanation and ask for the next questions about Make and Color, or what is still in the picture,” Google explains. Gemini can be seen and understandable, thanks to the multi-modal capabilities built on the Google model. In addition, the Q&A activity works on the entire screen. So, for example, tell me that you are shopping for some online shopping, you can first ask your phone to explain the color of the dress you are interested in and whether it is for sale.
Separately, Google is releasing a new version of its expressive titles. First Announced at the end of last yearThis feature produces subtitles, trying to capture the emotion of what is being said. For example, if you are a video chat with some friends and one of them after a lame joke, your phone will not only submit what they said, but also in the transcription “(moaning)”. With a new version of expression titles, the resulting subtitles reflect when someone pulls the sound of their words. This means that when you watch the live soccer match the next time and shouted “Gollll”, their excitement is properly translated. In addition, there are more labels now for sounds when someone clears their throat.
The new version of expression titles is running Android 15 and more for English -speaking users in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.
