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4 stories taggedaccessibility.
Everyday AI
Google says 300 languages, on-device translation, and a voice AI that runs over a phone call
The 86% figure is the headline. The more interesting engineering is aimed at the other billion.
4 min read
Robotics
A man who cannot drive says driverless cars cannot arrive soon enough
Lars Janssen has a visual condition that rules out a licence forever. New safety data from the US suggests the autonomous vehicles he is waiting for may already be safer than most human drivers.
3 min read
Everyday AI
Google's Five New Android Features: Motion Sickness Help, a Blind-User Guide, and Smarter Item Tracking
Android 17 gets a screen overlay that fights travel nausea, a camera-and-AI tool for blind users, and a way to tell your phone where you left your passport. Here is what each update actually does.
4 min read
Frontier Labs
Google DeepMind's SL2T model brings American Sign Language dictation to Pixel phones
A new translation system turns signed input into text inside Gboard and Live Transcribe, starting with ASL to English on the Pixel 11.
4 min read