Hearing loss is a significant problem around the world. But companies are also experimenting with more advanced work, like building exoskeletons for people with spinal cord injuries or prosthetic hands controlled by electrical signals from the remaining muscles in your arm. Facebook has tech that automatically describes the content of photos for people who are blind. For example, Google's Maps team has local guides who scout out places with ramps and entrances for people in wheelchairs. The two new Google products are the latest examples of the tech industry addressing accessibility challenges for people with disabilities. 'Our products and services will only get better and more useful if we invite people of all segments of society, and people from all over the world, to influence and create technology.' As she spoke, captions flowed by on a screen behind her. 'Technology is about inclusion, and empowering people of all abilities,' Eve Andersson, who runs Google's machine learning fairness and accessibility engineering team, said at a press event in San Francisco last month. To develop the new products, Google said it worked with Gallaudet University, the private school in Washington, DC for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Live Transcribe is available in 70 languages. With Sound Amplifier, you can use your phone and a set of headphones to improve the clarity of the speech around you. Live Transcribe does exactly what its name suggests - it uses your phone's mic to automatically generate captions that appear on your screen. On Monday, the search giant released two new services, Live Transcribe and Sound Amplifier, aimed at helping people who have trouble hearing communicate more easily. Google wants to make Android phones powerful tools for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Google's Live Transcribe creates live captions on your phone.

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