<ul><li>Google has enhanced TalkBack, Android's screen reader, with the ability to answer questions about images displayed on the phone, even without alt text.</li><li>The new feature uses Google's Gemini models to provide descriptions of images and answer follow-up questions about them, making it more useful for visually impaired users.</li><li>Another update includes a new version of Expressive Captions, generating subtitles that convey emotions and behaviors like groaning or elongating words in the transcription.</li><li>The Expressive Captions update is available to English-speaking users in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia running Android 15 and above.</li></ul>

Android's screen reader can now answer questions about images

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