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The Verge
"There's a new accessibility option called Live Caption that's genuinely amazing."
"The feature that impressed me the most… is Live Caption."

— Dieter Bohn, Chief Editor, The Verge

Computer World
"It truly will change the way you use your phone."
"It's quickly becoming one of my favorite Android 10 features — a small-seeming detail that makes a meaningful real-world difference in what my phone's like to use."

— JR Raphael, Computer World

9to5Google
"One of Android's best accessibility features is Live Caption."

— 9to5Google

American Foundation for the Blind
"TalkBack 9.1 is a huge step forward for Android accessibility."

— AccessWorld, American Foundation for the Blind

Gallaudet University
"We can now do things that weren't even remotely possible a few years ago, like jump into conversations at the dinner table or casually join in when the opportunity arises."

— Christian Vogler, Professor and Researcher, Gallaudet University

Gallaudet University
"I use it every day. It's reliable, fast, and easy. It's changed things."

— Dr. Raja Kushalnagar, Director of Accessible Human-Centered Computing, Gallaudet University

Gallaudet University
"Live Transcribe gives me a more flexible and efficient way to communicate with hearing people. I just love it, it really changed the way I solve my communication problem."

— Dr. Mohammad Obiedat, Professor, Gallaudet University

Schneier on Security
"It's happened. Rollout to everyone will take months, but it's a good day for both privacy and security."

— Bruce Schneier, on Facebook Enabling Messenger End-to-End Encryption by Default

Electronic Frontier Foundation
"We applaud this decision. It will bring strong encryption to over one billion people, protecting them from dragnet surveillance of the contents of their Facebook messages."

— Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), on Facebook Enabling Messenger End-to-End Encryption by Default

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What Brian Kemler Said

Engadget
"I liken it to a communication app. It's not just a live transcription service."
"The soul and inspiration of this product is for the deaf and hard of hearing. We want to focus on the live, conversational, interactive communication aspect of the product."
Fortune
"Accessibility is a fundamental tenet of product development here at Google. We're passionate about and driven by creating smartphone experiences made for everyone regardless of their conditions."
"These are just the start of some of the things you'll see us work on over the next year or two. We're not just adding accessibility onto an existing product, but we're building, in these two cases, for accessibility first."