Google aids accessibility with ChromeVox reader, better YouTube captions and more
Author: Trixi Anderson
Engineers from Google have commandeered a booth at this year’s CSUN accessibility conference and they’re keen to talk up their latest efforts. For the visually impaired, there’s now a beta version of a Chrome screen reader called ChromeVox (demo’d after the break), plus improved shortcuts and screen reader support in Google Docs, Sites and Calendar. Meanwhile, YouTube boasts expanded caption support for the hard of hearing, with automatic captions enabled for 135 million video clips — a healthy tripling of last year’s total. Check the source link for full details or, if you’re anywhere near San Diego, go and hassle those engineers the old-fashioned way.
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