Live Transcribe
{{short description|Captioning application developed by Google for Android}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Live Transcribe
| logo = Live_Transcribe_Icon_2020.svg
| screenshot = Screenshot Live Transcribe & Sound Notifications.png
| caption = A screenshot of Google Live Transcribe running on a Samsung Galaxy S20
| developer = Google Research
| released = {{Start date and age|2019|02|04}}
| latest release version = 6.6.602963593{{cite web |title=Live Transcribe & Notification APKs |url=https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/live-transcribe/|website=APKMirror|access-date=April 13, 2024 |language=en}}
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|02|05}}
| operating system = Android
| size = 4 MB
| genre = Accessibility
| license = Apache License 2.0{{Cite web |url=https://github.com/google/live-transcribe-speech-engine/blob/master/LICENSE |title=License |work=google/live-transcribe-speech-engine repository |via=GitHub |publisher=Google}}
| website = {{url|https://www.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.{{Cite web|date=2019-02-07|title=Meet the Deaf Developer Behind Google's Live Transcribe App|url=https://www.hearingtracker.com/news/google-live-transcribe-app|access-date=2021-01-23|language=en}} It was publicly released as a free beta for Android 5.0+ on the Google Play Store on February 4, 2019.{{cite web|author=Dieter Bohn|date=2019-02-04|title=Google Live Transcribe could be a big help for people who are deaf or hard of hearing|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/4/18209546/google-live-transcribe-sound-amplifier-accessibility-android-deaf-hard-hearing|website=TheVerge}} As of early 2023 it had been downloaded over 500 million times.{{Cite web|title=Live Transcribe & Notification|website=Google Play|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.audio.hearing.visualization.accessibility.scribe|access-date=2023-02-11}}
Development
Researchers Dimitri Kanevsky, Sagar Savla and Chet Gnegy at Google developed the app in collaboration with researchers at Gallaudet University,{{Cite web|date=2020-07-27|title=As ADA turns 30, tech is just getting started helping people with disabilities|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/27/as-ada-turns-30-tech-is-just-getting-started-helping-people-with-disabilities/|access-date=2021-01-23|language=en}} an American university for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. The app uses machine learning to generate captions,{{Cite web|title=Real-time Continuous Transcription with Live Transcribe|url=http://ai.googleblog.com/2019/02/real-time-continuous-transcription-with.html|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Google AI Blog|language=en}} similar to YouTube's auto-generated captions.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-06|title=Google's Sagar Savla Built An App That Can Help 466 Million People Who Can't Hear Communicate|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/sagar-savla-is-using-google-ai-to-make-technology-accessible-for-people-with-hearing-disability-503640.html|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Times of India|language=en-IN}}
In August 2019, Google made Live Transcribe an open-source project.{{Cite web|date=2019-08-16|title=Google open-sources Live Transcribe's speech engine|url=https://venturebeat.com/2019/08/16/google-open-sources-live-transcribes-speech-engine/|access-date=2021-02-15|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Bringing Live Transcribe's Speech Engine to Everyone|url=https://opensource.googleblog.com/2019/08/bringing-live-transcribes-speech-engine.html|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Google Open Source Blog}}
Features
The app uses speech recognition to generate live captions in over 80 languages with varying accuracy.{{Cite web|last=Giridharan|first=Vignesh|date=2019-07-15|title=Here's how Google is putting AI to work in healthcare, environmental conservation, agriculture and more |url=https://www.digit.in/features/software/heres-how-google-is-putting-ai-to-work-in-healthcare-environmental-conservation-agriculture-and-more-49182.html|access-date=2021-02-15|website=digit.in|language=en}}{{Cite web|author=Live Transcribe Team|date=2020-12-08|title=Best Practices for Live Transcribe|url=https://livetranscribe.medium.com/best-practices-for-live-transcribe-2df788083bd7|access-date=2021-02-15|website=Medium|language=en}} 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{{Cite web|last=Li|first=Abner|date=2019-06-03|title=Live Transcribe update will recognize laughing, applause|url=https://9to5google.com/2019/06/03/android-live-transcribe-update/|access-date=2021-02-15|website=9to5Google|language=en-US}} displayed information on sounds such as clapping, laughter, music, applause, and whistling.{{Cite web|last=Li|first=Abner|date=2019-05-16|title=Android Live Transcribe can detect farts, but it won't (for now)|url=https://9to5google.com/2019/05/16/android-ml-fart-detection/|access-date=2021-02-15|website=9to5Google|language=en-US}}
In May 2020, the app started supporting transcription in Albanian, Burmese, Estonian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Punjabi, and Uzbek, supporting 70 languages.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-21 |title=Accessibility updates that help tech work for everyone |url=https://blog.google/products/android/accessibility-updates-help-tech-work-everyone/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=Google |language=en-us}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-11 |title=Google adds an offline mode to the Live Transcribe app |url=https://www.xda-developers.com/google-live-transcribe-offline-mode/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=XDA |language=en-US}} The offline mode is only available for devices with 6GB of RAM and certain Google Pixel devices.
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.android.com/accessibility/live-transcribe/}}
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