Google has made significant improvements to its accessibility features across several apps.

Google has made significant improvements to its accessibility features across several apps.

Lookout, an app designed to assist people with low vision or blindness, has received a major update. The app can now not only read text and documents aloud, but it can also identify objects in real-time using its new “Find” mode.

Users can choose from a variety of categories, such as seating, tables, and utensils, and Lookout will tell them the direction and distance of those objects.

Additionally, Lookout can describe images and allows users to capture photos for AI-generated descriptions.

The Look to Speak app, which allows users to communicate through eye gestures by selecting phrases from a list, has also been updated.

Users can now trigger speech from a photo book containing emojis, symbols, and photos. They can even personalize these symbols for their convenience.

Google Maps has gained new accessibility features as well. The lens in Maps now has screen reader capabilities, allowing users to hear the names and categories of places around them, along with their distance. Google Maps has also improved its detailed voice guidance for navigation.

Finally, wheelchair users can now access wheelchair accessibility information on desktops in addition to Android and iOS devices.

Additionally, Android and iOS users can now filter reviews specifically for wheelchair accessibility.

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