Project Euphonia is a Google Research initiative working to make speech recognition software more accessible for people with non-standard speech, leveraging open-source research and partnerships to build tailored solutions and empower individuals with communication challenges.
Google introduces AI-powered features for Android and Chrome, including image and screen descriptions from Gemini, expressive captions with sound labels, OCR for PDFs in Chrome, and customizable page zoom for better accessibility.
Google unveils Gemini AI, enhancing Android accessibility with image descriptions and question answering via TalkBack integration, introducing Expressive Captions with duration to capture audio emphasis, and improving speech recognition with Project Euphonia resources and African language support.
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