Google Live Transcribe could be a big help for people who are deaf or hard of hearing

The Verge ^ | 02/04/2019 | Dieter Bohn

[aimhigh]

Google is announcing two new features for Android phones today: Live Transcribe and Sound Amplifier. They’re both designed as accessibility features to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Live Transcribe is an app that automatically transcribes speech in near-real time, allowing people to communicate in situations where they might not otherwise be able to. . . .

Of the two, I was more impressed with Live Transcribe. When you open the app, it simply starts writing out what it hears in large, easy-to-read text. It works remarkably well, including adding punctuation and even understanding some context. The example Google showed us is that it was able to correctly capitalize the phrase “I am buying a new jersey in New Jersey.” Unfortunately, it does require an internet connection to work.

[aimhigh]

It's like having closed captions everywhere. Slick!

[sparklite2]

My hearing is fine, but I think I’m losing comprehension.
I leave closed captions on all the time. Couldn’t watch
Game of Thrones any other way and still understand the dialogue.

[fieldmarshaldj]

[redshawk]

Google admits that it is recording everything on your phone.
And everyone thought big brother was the government.

[riverdawg]

If it’s not any better than Apple’s transcription of voicemails, no thanks.

[goldstategop]

I use Google Hangouts to talk to friends. Text chat.

[upchuck]

Unfortunately, it does require an internet connection to work.

Unfortunately, you have to use Google to get the benefits. Unfortunately, this means Google has access to your conversations, etc. Google is Evil, just like Facebook.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Google says that keeping it simple and easy-to-use was a major goal and one of the reasons it chose not to include the option to save transcriptions. I imagine privacy concerns may also have factored in. Google noted that, in addition to not saving transcripts, it’s also not storing audio or transcriptions on its servers, nor is it using any of that data to improve its algorithms.

Us hearing impaired guys don't spend enough to bother with.