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Google Live Transcribe reaches over one…
Google Live Transcribe reaches over one billion downloads
Dec 01, 2023
By Victoria Hallett
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Any time Dr. Raja Kushalnagar steps into a store, he pulls up the Google Live Transcribe app on his phone. Developed through a collaboration between Google and Gallaudet, the app — which was released in 2019 — activates with a single tap. He can read what a hearing sales clerk is saying. He can type out a reply. He can see the beeps as his order is rung up. “I use it every day. It’s reliable, fast, and easy,” he says. “It’s changed things.”
With over one billion downloads and counting, the app has changed things for a whole lot of people. And it’s proof that there is a huge demand for products made with deaf users in mind, says Kushalnagar, director of the B.S. in Information Technology and M.S. [...]