Booking a taxi for you could be easy. Simply unlock your smartphone, open the app, activate the location and enter the address. All you need to do is read, write and remember certain things. Unfortunately, this is not the case with over 630 million people with cognitive impairment. Forget booking a taxi, using a smartphone seems to be a wacky reality for them. Keeping this in mind, the Silicon Valley giants have introduced the Action Block feature into the Google Assistant app. Everything from the initiation process to its availability is discussed in detail below.
Action blocking function in Google Assistant
The Google Assistant action blocking feature allows you to add Google Assistant specific orders directly to your home screen. That is, it will create a shortcut on your home. You just have to type it once and the associated command will be executed. To make it easier for people with special needs, Google also suggested adding an image to the shortcut. In this way, they could easily identify the corresponding shortcut, without having to know more. If you have ever used the famous automation application, Tasker, you might very well be aware of this feature.
Features that it provides
There are a multitude of features for which the action blocks of the Google Assistant app can be used. In addition to booking a taxi, you can even book your favorite foods online, call your loved ones, share your locations, control the lights, watch your favorite TV shows, and more. For example, if you want Google Assistant to read you in bed, just enter the title of the order followed by the order itself. Once you have created the desired command, you can also create its shortcut. Next time you will not have to start all over again. Just press the shortcut and the powered command will be executed (as shown in the screenshots above).
Availability
As for the availability of the Action Block feature in the Google Assistant application, it is currently in the testing phase. So do not expect an upcoming deployment. However, if you are a caregiver or if any of your family members have cognitive disabilities, you can enroll in the program. trusted tester program.
So first of all, Google has launched the Live Transcribe application, which helps the hard of hearing by transcribing in real time the speech of other people. He then launched the sound amplifier function in the Accessibility menu of Android. This effectively reduces background noise and provides a more uniform frequency during conversations. This was followed by the live captioning feature of Android 10. Finally, adding the Action Block feature in the wizard application makes the Android system easily accessible to all.
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