Google Introduces Voice Access To Make Android More Accommodating For People With Disabilities (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @02:00AM from the broadening-the-reach-of-tech dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Google has launched a new beta app called Voice Access, which lets people control their Android phone with voice commands. The company took the wraps off Voice Access as an accessibility tool to help people who have difficulties using the touch interface, such as those with tremors or paralysis. Once installed, items in Settings and apps on the Homepage are numbered. The user can tell the device, "Go Home", which is transcribed at the top of the page, and then say, "Open one", to launch the app numbered one. Twitter and Facebook also recently took some steps to make some of their services more accessible to people.

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Star Trek IV by Anonymous Coward · 2016-04-12 02:06 · Score: 2, Funny

The disability thing is just a cover. They want to make sure our computers are less annoying to any time travelers from the future.
Not nice for all people... by Errol+backfiring · 2016-04-12 02:28 · Score: 1, Funny

This is not nice for people who suffer from Tourette syndrome.

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