Google Chrome gains functionality that can: Detect typos in URLs and suggest addresses based on corrections. The innovation is part of a suite of accessibility improvements announced Thursday (18) by the Mountain View company.
The update focuses on helping “those with dyslexia, language learners, and anyone who makes typos,” said major tech in a statement. The aim is to facilitate access to previously visited sites despite typos.
This functionality It has started rolling out to people who use Chrome on a computer and will be on mobile devices “in the coming months.”. In addition, other news will come to the browser and other Google products as part of the celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, which is celebrated on May 18 each year.
The Android app, still in Chrome, has added a new way to manage and organize tabs for TalkBack users. With the change, it is possible to access a grid of tabs with all new features instead of the limited functionality that existed before.
More accessibility improvements
To make its products more accessible, Google has also announced a live caption update that will come first to Pixel phones and later to other Android devices. With it, you can type a response and read it aloud to the other participant during a phone call.
A new subtitle box for tablets and support for French, Italian and German languages are other improvements to Live Caption. There are still changes in the maps, begins to show wheelchair accessible places for everyoneThe ability to create image descriptions in Lookout even without subtitles, and new audio and video modes in WearOS 4.
Source: Tec Mundo
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