Google Chrome has a built-in live caption feature. This accessibility feature displays captions for media you play on any browser tab. Taking this one more step ahead, Google is adding Braille display support to live captions.
Note: Based on my initial analysis, this is a Chrome browser feature, but limited to Chrome OS.
According to Wikipedia:
A refreshable braille display or braille terminal is an electro-mechanical device for displaying braille characters, usually by means of round-tipped pins raised through holes in a flat surface. Visually impaired computer users who cannot use a standard computer monitor can use it to read text output. Deafblind computer users may also use refreshable braille displays.
From this description, this looks like a device that can constantly display text in braille, refreshing it as the text changes.
For people using this display, Chrome can now caption any supported content even if the media or the platform does not have captions.
The experimental Chrome flag I spotted is targeted towards “Ash”, the desktop UI of Chrome OS. After reading about this device, I really hope they add it to Google Chrome on all platforms.
Do you think so too? Let me know in the comments section below.
Source: Chromium Gerrit.
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