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GOOGLE HAS ROLLED out the beta version of a hands-free app called Voice Access, which allows people to control their phone using only their voice.
It’s designed for those who have “difficulty manipulating a touch screen due to paralysis, tremor, temporary injury or other reasons”.
While some elements are similar to what Google Now offers (like telling it to open an app), you can also use it to navigate by saying ‘click next,’ ‘scroll down’ or ‘go home’ depending on the context.
Perhaps the most useful feature is how it numbers every action on the screen. Instead of telling your phone to open up an app you can’t pronounce properly, and risk it opening another different app, you can just tell it to open numbers instead.
For example, if you want to open Google Photos, you can just say ‘open 11′ and it will do that. Menus also come with the same feature allowing quick access to certain options.
The app isn’t accepting any more people for beta testing, but it’s likely it will be made available to the general public sooner rather than later.
Voice Access is part of Google’s work on accessibility services which include a tool that helps developers improve accessibility on their apps, and Vision Settings which controls elements like font size, display size and magnification.
Amazing that you win one match, and you get into the qualifers
@The Firestarter: the would have got in even if they lost against France, tho likely unseeded
@The Firestarter: what are you talking about?
@The Firestarter: kinda hard not to qualify
@The Firestarter: zzzzzzzzzz
@john kenny: zz
Big hard man Damien O’Sullivan giving pelters to women who have achieved more in their lives than he ever will. Damien, you are a troll on the Internet and these woman are representing their country. They stand head and shoulders above people like you. Let that sink in.
@Sun Rise: As ever you are brave behind your keyboard and fake name. The fact you call people trolls while trolling the internet behind tells a lot about the person behind the account.
@Ger Whelan: you are a vicious piece of work. He is defending the womens team show respect boy.
@Sean Money: was it Putin’s fault the girls didn’t win all their games?
@Ger Whelan: you are a sick puppy. Be happy Ireland won.
@Sean Money: Erm they didn’t win . They finished bottom of their group with 1 win out of 5 games. Hardly worth celebrating
@Sun Rise: I reported you just now.
Hopefully the last comment you’ll ever make on this.
I repeat. The current team is useless they were much better under Vera. Constructive criticism, not some misogynistic agenda you’re pushing.
Suck on that.
@Sun Rise: God help the team if they have likes of you ‘looking out’ for them.
You’ll be hearing from the Journal soon. Bye bye a*****e.
Good draw
They’re useless
@Damien O’Sullivan: i hope your talking about FFG,,,
@Damien O’Sullivan: Damien give that phone back to your mother until you mature a bit like a good little boy.
@James Leahy: Just criticising the current team. They were better under Vera.
Why don’t you run off and troll elsewhere fool. You have no idea what you’re talking about
@james rowan: Yeah them too
Nobody is interested in women’s soccer, it’s just not very good
@Auld Lad: 16 000 in Pairc Ui Caoimh.
@Auld Lad: another Immature small boy pretending to be an Auld lad.
@James Leahy: oh look, here’s the white Knight on his steed, getting offended on behalf of women everywhere
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill: been to bigger raves
@Auld Lad: yeah we can tell…oh the irony
@Auld Lad: doubt you’ve left your mother’s basement in the past ten years.
No stopping them now after they beat France so easily
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