Software:Live Transcribe

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Live Transcribe
File:Live Transcribe Icon 2020.svg
A screenshot of Google Live Transcribe running on a Samsung Galaxy S20
Developer(s)Google Research
Initial releaseFebruary 4, 2019; 7 years ago (2019-02-04)
Stable release
6.6.602963593[1] / February 5, 2024; 2 years ago (2024-02-05)
Operating systemAndroid
Size4 MB
TypeAccessibility
LicenseApache License 2.0[2]
Websitewww.android.com/accessibility/live-transcribe/

Live Transcribe is a mobile app for real-time captioning, developed by Google for the Android operating system. Development on the application began in partnership with Gallaudet University.[3] It was publicly released as a free beta for Android 5.0+ on the Google Play Store on February 4, 2019.[4] As of early 2023 it had been downloaded over 500 million times.[5]

Development

Researchers Dimitri Kanevsky, Sagar Savla and Chet Gnegy at Google developed the app in collaboration with researchers at Gallaudet University,[6] an American university for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. The app uses machine learning to generate captions,[7] similar to YouTube's auto-generated captions.[8]

In August 2019, Google made Live Transcribe an open-source project.[9][10]

Features

The app uses speech recognition to generate live captions in over 80 languages with varying accuracy.[11][12] The app, which requires connection to the Internet to function, is available to download on the Google Play Store.

A later update to the app[13] displayed information on sounds such as clapping, laughter, music, applause, and whistling.[14]

In May 2020, the app started supporting transcription in Albanian, Burmese, Estonian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Punjabi, and Uzbek, supporting 70 languages.[15]

In March 2022, the app was updated with support to transcribe offline, without Internet connection, so long as the appropriate language pack has been installed.[16] The offline mode is only available for devices with 6GB of RAM and certain Google Pixel devices.

References

  1. ↑ "Live Transcribe & Notification APKs" (in en). https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/live-transcribe/. 
  2. ↑ "License". google/live-transcribe-speech-engine repository. Google. https://github.com/google/live-transcribe-speech-engine/blob/master/LICENSE. 
  3. ↑ "Meet the Deaf Developer Behind Google's Live Transcribe App" (in en). 2019-02-07. https://www.hearingtracker.com/news/google-live-transcribe-app. 
  4. ↑ Dieter Bohn (2019-02-04). "Google Live Transcribe could be a big help for people who are deaf or hard of hearing". https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/4/18209546/google-live-transcribe-sound-amplifier-accessibility-android-deaf-hard-hearing. 
  5. ↑ "Live Transcribe & Notification". https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.audio.hearing.visualization.accessibility.scribe. 
  6. ↑ "As ADA turns 30, tech is just getting started helping people with disabilities" (in en). 2020-07-27. https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/27/as-ada-turns-30-tech-is-just-getting-started-helping-people-with-disabilities/. 
  7. ↑ "Real-time Continuous Transcription with Live Transcribe" (in en). https://ai.googleblog.com/2019/02/real-time-continuous-transcription-with.html. 
  8. ↑ "Google's Sagar Savla Built An App That Can Help 466 Million People Who Can't Hear Communicate" (in en-IN). 2020-01-06. https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/sagar-savla-is-using-google-ai-to-make-technology-accessible-for-people-with-hearing-disability-503640.html. 
  9. ↑ "Google open-sources Live Transcribe's speech engine" (in en-US). 2019-08-16. https://venturebeat.com/2019/08/16/google-open-sources-live-transcribes-speech-engine/. 
  10. ↑ "Bringing Live Transcribe's Speech Engine to Everyone". https://opensource.googleblog.com/2019/08/bringing-live-transcribes-speech-engine.html. 
  11. ↑ Giridharan, Vignesh (2019-07-15). "Here's how Google is putting AI to work in healthcare, environmental conservation, agriculture and more" (in en). https://www.digit.in/features/software/heres-how-google-is-putting-ai-to-work-in-healthcare-environmental-conservation-agriculture-and-more-49182.html. 
  12. ↑ Live Transcribe Team (2020-12-08). "Best Practices for Live Transcribe" (in en). https://livetranscribe.medium.com/best-practices-for-live-transcribe-2df788083bd7. 
  13. ↑ Li, Abner (2019-06-03). "Live Transcribe update will recognize laughing, applause" (in en-US). https://9to5google.com/2019/06/03/android-live-transcribe-update/. 
  14. ↑ Li, Abner (2019-05-16). "Android Live Transcribe can detect farts, but it won't (for now)" (in en-US). https://9to5google.com/2019/05/16/android-ml-fart-detection/. 
  15. ↑ "Accessibility updates that help tech work for everyone" (in en-us). 2020-05-21. https://blog.google/products/android/accessibility-updates-help-tech-work-everyone/. 
  16. ↑ "Google adds an offline mode to the Live Transcribe app" (in en-US). 2022-03-11. https://www.xda-developers.com/google-live-transcribe-offline-mode/. 



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