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Google’s Live Captions can now use AI [gasp] to make ‘Expressive Captions’

Google’s Live captions are becoming richer with new AI-driven “Expressive Captions” that convey more than basic language, including sounds and...

When a voice is heard through a video or other media playing audio, the Pixel phone will pick up on that speech and display it as it hears it. Google’s expressive captions using AI can also decode vocal bursts, such as sighs and groans, detailing the little sounds in between words. An image can be described in a more natural voice via the Gemini model and will be capable of giving more surrounding information beyond a simple description.

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