(Even More) Android Accessibility Features

Posted: July 18, 2024

We’re back again, with even more Android Accessibility Features!

If you missed the previous posts on Android Accessibility, here they are:

Captions

You can turn captions on through the settings on your device, in the Accessibility section, or by tapping the live caption icon on your screen, after pressing the volume button. You can move the caption box, hide profanity, indicate sounds such as laughter and applause, you can even adjust the size and style of captions!

Android Accessibility Article, Translate Speech to Text with Live Captions

Android Accessibility Article, Caption Preferences

Live Transcribe

Live Transcribe is a feature that takes speech and sound, and displays it as text on your Android device. Pixel phones come with the Live Transcribe feature already installed on their device, but other Android devices can still use this feature by downloading the “Live Transcribe & Sound Notifications” app from the PlayStore.

Live Transcribe & Notification, App from Google Play

There are also some really cool settings like having your phone vibrate when your name is spoken, being able to type a response while Live Transcribe is still running, or search in Live Transcribe!

Android Accessibility Article, Use Live Transcribe

Sound Amplifier

Sound Amplifier is an app you can download and use with headphones to filter, augment, and amplify sounds both in your environment, and on your Android device. What’s really cool is that you can adjust what is being amplified to reduce unwanted sounds or boost quiet sounds, you can even make adjustments specific to each ear!

Sound Amplifier, App from Google Play

Android Accessibility Article, Sound Amplifier