Tag Archives: accessibility

Cyberpunk 2077’s dialogue was lip-synced by AI

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Cyberpunk 2077 is just a few weeks away and the action-packed RPG will launch with support for dialogue in 10 languages and subtitle options for several others. CD Projekt Red is aiming to add a deeper layer of immersion for players by using artifici...

The latest Chrome OS update improves accessibility on Chromebooks

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Google has released Chrome OS 86, which will bring more accessibility options to Chromebooks. You can change the color of your cursor in the mouse and touchpad settings. The seven new hues are red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, magenta and pink. Google...

Twitter will add voice tweet transcriptions following criticism over accessibility

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When Twitter introduced voice tweets earlier this summer as a way to send more personalized messages, it caught a lot of flack for not including accessibility features. Now, the company said it will add transcriptions for voice tweets as part of an i...

Google wants you to train its AI by lip syncing ‘Dance Monkey’ by Tones and I

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Google is asking users to help teach its AI how to speak. A new “Experiments with Google” called LipSync asks users to lip sync a small part of “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I, Android Police reports.LipSync, which is built by YouTube for Chrome on des...

Twitter says two new teams will address its accessibility issues

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When Twitter tested a new feature that let users share audio clips with tweets, the company received criticism for not including accessibility tools like closed captioning. That set off a larger debate about how Twitter approaches accessibility. Now,...

Google’s Live Caption feature for Pixel phones now supports calls

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Google’s Live Caption tool is not only an important accessibility feature, but it’s also useful in noisy environments like a bar or a subway station. It’s available on Pixel phones and computers through the Chrome browser, and will provide onscreen s...