Lookout app for Android

On the Lookout for Low-Vision Users

Using an Android phone’s camera and generative AI, the app Lookout helps guide blind or low-vision users through everyday life. To ensure optimal quality, it was built in collaboration with the blind and low-vision community. Lookout offers seven modes: Text: For example, this allows users to scan their mail and hear it read aloud. Documents: […]

Android's Expressive Captions

Expressive Captions Convey Sound and Spirit on Android Phones

Thanks to AI, captions now not only capture sounds — they capture the spirit of the moment. Android’s Expressive Captions feature conveys the personality of audio content, allowing hard-of-hearing users to feel the mood of whatever they’re experiencing, whether it’s a live sports game or a video call with family. Through stylistic spelling and capitalization […]

Project Activate overview

New Android App Amps Up Communication

For people who are unable to speak or use their hands, a new app for Android is revolutionizing the way they connect with people in the moment. Designed for users with such conditions as ALS, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis or muscular dystrophy, Project Activate allows people with these disabilities to participate further in group settings […]

Gemini 2.0

Gemini and the Future of AI

We’re far from the days of using AI for driving directions or the occasional weather report. Thanks to advances in AI, our phones are now our daily assistants, helping us research, brainstorm, make grocery lists or explore the most complex questions — like the meaning of life itself. Gemini 2.0 is Google’s largest and most […]

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AM493 – Google Lookout

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools, and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing, or other special needs! Looking for an app for an individual with low vision? Check out Google Lookout. Google Lookout […]