Google launched its Lookout app in 2019 for people who are blind or have low-vision to go through the world with their phones, but it was only made available on Pixel phones with the language set to English. Today, the company is launching another update that only adds French, Italian, German, and Spanish to the list of supported languages, but also brings two new nodes, more accessible design, and greater Andriod compatibility.
The first of the new modes is Food Label, which helps users locate packaged foods simply by pointing their cameras directly to the label. Lookout will lead you to place the product in a way that lets it be recognized via its packaging or barcode. The product manager for Google’s Accessibility Engineering – Scott Adams, said that this would let Lookout “distinguish between a can of corn and a can of green beans.”
The second mode is Scan Document, which as its name implies can take a snapshot of a letter or other documents and read it aloud. Adams said this tool will capture the content of the entire document in detail for your screen reader t narrate to you, and can make tasks like going through mail easier. Compared to previous versions of the app, Scan Document can capture longer-form content, too.
Lookout’s new design is based on “feedback from the blind and low-vision community,” Adams said in the announcement. It works efficiently with Andriod’s TalkBack screen reader, giving more space to the camera’s viewfinder so you can squeeze more into the frame. In addition, you can now navigate between modes at the bottom of the screen instead of having to tap back and forth to change them.
Lastly, Lookout is no longer a pixel-only app. You can install it from the Play Store on any Andriod device with more than 2GB of RAM and running Andriod 6.0 upwards.
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