Find out which are the most used mobile applications for people with disabilities

Within the framework of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Google listed a top 8 free mobile applications to make life easier for this sector of the population.

“Many of these products are designed with accessibility at the center through the use of advanced technology, such as Artificial Intelligence. We know that, over time, this type of technology will also benefit other people without disabilities “, remarks Eve Andersson, Director of Accessibility for Google to the Andina agency.

Likewise, the agency pointed out that, in Peru, 10% of the population has some type of disability. This, according to official data from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI).

1. Project Relate

Project Relate is an app from Android which aims to help people with speech impairments to more easily communicate with other people and interact with the Google Assistant.

The application uses phrases that help to understand unique voice patterns and grants access to the three main functions of the application: Listen, Repeat and Assistant. To use it, you need to fill out an invitation form.

2. Lookout

This application is available in Spanish and uses artificial intelligence to help blind people or visually impaired to obtain information about their environment.

Through the cell phone camera, this application uses artificial vision to recognize targets and texts from the physical universe and announce them aloud. It has different modes: it allows you to scan and read documents, identify food labels, objects around them, among others.

3. Talkback

Talkback is the screen reader of Android, which allows someone to use their cell phone or mobile device without using the visual.

This functionality reads text aloud on the screen, navigates through applications, and facilitates communication with braille, voice, and the keyboard. The app It already has the option to configure the Spanish language for the braille keyboard of Talkback,

The user can type braille whenever and wherever he wants, be it in an email, a text message, in a document, on social networks, etc.

4. Voice Access

Voice Access is another of the accessibility products for Android, which allows you to use the cell phone without touching the screen. This application allows people to browse applications, compose and edit text, and talk to the Google Assistant without using their hands.

5. Instant Transcription

The Instant Transcription (or Live Transcribe) application was developed by an employee of Google with hearing loss. It allows to obtain transcripts in real time of conversations that are happening around, through the use of the microphone of the cell phone.

A year ago the possibility was added for the application to visually identify ambient sounds, such as a dog barking nearby, or someone knocking on the door or a speeding car.

6. Sound amplifier

The Sound Amplifier (or Sound Amplifier, in English) helps make a sound clearer and easier to hear. This functionality can be used on Android phones with the use of headphones that filter, augment, and amplify surrounding sounds.

7. Look to Speak

Look to Speak is an experimental Android app that uses eye movement and gaze to select pre-written phrases on a screen and communicate aloud. People have to look left, up, or right to quickly select what they want to say from a list of phrases.

In addition, it has the functionality to customize the words or phrases so that people can show their real voice and the sensitivity of the eye movement can be adjusted.

8. Camera Switches

Camera Switches turns the phone’s camera into a new kind of switch that detects facial gestures. Now it’s possible for anyone to use custom eye movements and facial gestures for their range of motion to navigate their phone, without hands or voice.

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