![]() ![]() Speaking of Live Transcribe, let’s finally talk about the feature which led to Google kindly sending me the Pixel in the first place. Instead, I ended up opting for a menu which lingers on the right side of my screen, next to Live Transcribe – one which ultimately requires more buttons to perform the simple act of turning off a phone than one would typically expect. You have to press down on the power and volume button at the same time, and maybe it’s my dyspraxia or declining motor abilities revealing itself here, but it’s impossible to apply the right pressure on both buttons from one finger or thumb alone. The downsides – of which there are, tragically, many – include an oversensitive fingerprint scanner which fails to recognise your index finger more times than it does, a disorientating Maps app which doesn’t completely take you to your desired location, and a power off setting which is far from convenient. My long-term commitment, the iPhone, has the edge in that regard (Android comes with a slight blur on its viewfinder), but its Motion settings and 360 degree settings are unique to its hardware. ![]() First impressions were strong, as I admired its huge screen which slightly wraps around the sides, and its camera capabilities. The invitation to try out these features on the Google Pixel 6 Pro came just a few days before the start of this year’s Deaf Awareness Week, and I received the phone slap bang in the middle of it. For those wishing to invest in Google’s Android phones, there’s similar tools: Live Transcribe and Live Caption. Just how good are Google’s captioning capabilities? Well, we’ve all forayed onto YouTube and depended on automatic captions to understand the bare minimum, but even that automatic speech recognition technology – while it has improved over time – leaves a lot to be desired. ![]()
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