Live Caption was a highly awaited discussion at the most recent Google I/O 2019. For those unaware, Live Caption is an easy and very useful tool which is capable of conducting real-time speech transcription. Unfortunately, however, sources like VentureBeat reported that this tool was not going to be as widespread as everyone had believed.
Brian Kemler, Android accessibility product manager had more to say on this. It wasn’t going to be available on all Android devices, but only on specialized ‘higher-end’ ones, which would be able to handle this feature’s demand for a ‘lot of memory and space to run.’
Further, they promised to release a list of devices which would be able to run this Live Caption feature as and when the release of Android Q grew nearer. Like most other new launches in the past bearing the same news, Kemler also promised that more devices would be added to the list in due course of time. However, Google also refused to add anything more to the particular topic, as they had nothing to share at that time.
Exclusively modelled as an Android Q feature, Live Caption is a tool which will be capable of
translating speech from any media on your phone, using AI, or artificial intelligence. The media included are videos, podcasts and phone calls, to name a few.
It is easily accessible, with just one single tap. It works when the audio is turned all the way down, as well as with first and third party apps with the use of on-device machine learning.
This article proves that Live Caption is a feature benefiting a large number of persons. Although its target audience was initially people with hearing disabilities, it could also be useful in situations when one needs to know what is being said in a call or video, in the absence of earphones.