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Google went out of its way during I/O to emphasize the ways it's trying to make its products more accessible. One project that could have a huge impact: Live Captions, a new feature coming to Android Q.

The feature automatically surfaces captions to any video or audio content on your phone in real time, regardless of whether you're online or off. 

That would make just about all video and audio content — including video calls, audio messages, and podcasts — accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. It would also benefit everyone who occasionally watches videos with the sound turned off. That this can happen instantly on your phone without a data connection is all the more impressive — provided Google can pull it off. Read more...

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