It’s not unusual to see people ordering a coffee while peering at their smartphones these days, but for Anya Karir, it serves a very important purpose.
Karir is deaf and she uses Google’s Live Transcribe app, which captions conversations instantly. She says technology like this has been especially crucial during the pandemic with people wearing masks. The latest upgrade will make it available offline, which will be useful when people are travelling, in an elevator, or don’t have an internet connection.
“I lip-read 70 per cent of the time and it’s been very difficult,” the Toronto daycare worker said.
“I’m so tired of asking people to repeat themselves that sometimes I would just nod
