Google Android test tools to control voice – CNET in Spanish

Google working on an app to give greater accessibility to users of Android.

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Google is testing voice Access, a new application for Android devices they can be controlled through voice , announced the company on his blog.

the company has not indicated whether the tests are also conducted in Spanish, but the images posted on his blog show that they are already making progress and English.

the aim of the application is that Android users can take advantage of the best possible way the basic functions of the operating system. for this, the app will be released for free on the Play Store once you exceed the beta version .

Among the features is the ability to navigate through the menu with voice commands and to select items on the screen. You may say “Open Chrome” (for now) or even give instructions for navigating the phone as “click next” or “scroll down”. Google explains that also incorporate a numeric menu for each app respond to a simple command.

The company also said it will make more accessible and incorporating Chromebook editing in Google Docs voice. The Google technology have helped people with visual disabilities before, a recent example is a woman who could see for the first time after eight years of blindness thanks to Google Cardboard.