Lebanese Ministry of Information
Google has launched a new experimental application on its Android devices that allows people to choose preselected phrases on their phone screen using only their eyes.
“With the app, people simply have to look left, right or up to quickly select what they want to say from a list of phrases”, Google’s speech and language therapist Richard Cave explains in a blog post.
Looking left, right, and up – offscreen – lets users choose from a list of phrases that continually narrows down until it reaches the one that the user wants, which the device then speaks aloud.
Look to Speak is available to everyone and is compatible with Android 9.0 and above, including Android One.
Google is also working on firmware for the Nest Hub Max, its smart-display, which activates the Google Assistant as soon as it senses its user’s presence.
It was also discovered to be rolling out another update that will send Android users notifications when their phone hears certain household sounds.
The Independent
