Gmail Adds Image Alt-Text To Help The Visually Impaired
Chethan Rao
Google is announcing a handful of new accessibility-oriented features,
including the ability to add alt-text to images sent using Gmail. The
features come as part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, held
annually on the third Thursday of May.
The ability to add alt-text to images on Gmail is rolling out now
Google said the image alt-text feature on Gmail is rolling out
immediately. This will particularly help people who rely on screen
readers to get an accurate audio description of an image. Additionally,
people who use American Sign Language or ASL will welcome the addition
of multi-pin on Google Meet. Using this feature, people who are deaf or
hard of hearing can pin both the presenter and the interpreter’s screen
together, thereby speeding up communication (via Android Police).
YouTube users with visual impairments can now find audio descriptions of
videos. These descriptions will explain the contents of the video as
they occur. Google says the feature will roll out to all English content
on YouTube Originals from a year ago or newer.
Project Euphonia is gaining support for four new languages
Google’s ambitious research initiative known as Project Euphonia is also
getting a boost with new languages. Euphonia now supports French, Hindi,
Japanese, and Spanish. This 2019 initiative looks to “create more
inclusive speech recognition models” with assistance from people with
speech impairments. “With this expansion, we can create even more
helpful technology for more people — no matter where they are or what
language they speak,” Google said about the update.
The company also offered an update on its programs aimed at helping
people with disabilities:
“We need to work to make sure our teams at Google are reflective of the
people we’re building for. To do so, last year we launched our hiring
site geared toward people with disabilities — including our Autism
Career Program to further grow and strengthen our autistic community,”
said Eve Andersson, Senior Director, Product Inclusion, Equity, and
Accessibility at Google.
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“Most recently, we helped launch the Neurodiversity Career Connector
along with other companies to create a job portal that connects
neurodiverse candidates to companies that are
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to hiring more inclusively,” Andersson further said.
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