S1E1 - Skip the gestures. Make your Android smartphone more accessible using AppGenie! | Tech Connect Live!
Primarily, AppGenie aims to reduce the need for complex gestures by preforming those actions for you. This can make a big difference for Android users with visual or mobility considerations. By using voice or text commands, the smartphone user can control their device with increased independence. And if you still want to learn those gestures App Genie includes the option to follow along with it's narration as it calls out which actions it is performing. Whether that means tapping a button, scrolling up or
0:00 Start
9:00 Introducing our Guest Kevin Grosu
10:30 Mission Statement
11:30 Who is your family's Designated Tech Guro?
14:00 The conversation which inspired Kevin's focus on inclusive technology
16:30 Translating your thoughts and intentions into automatic tech action
22:00 The more steps required, the greater the chance to veer off track
25:00 Demonstration of AppGenie
28:00 Shopping Trip via InstaCart
33:00 Our analysis of the demonstration, narration of the actions as they happen
34:30 AppGenie knows which interactable elements are on the screen, can see beyond the scroll
36:00 What happens if the App changes its design? AppGenie knows which elements should be present
39:00 Kevin wants app developers to join in on AppGenie themselves "No one knows better how their application should work."
42:00 Near future possibility of using Voice-Commands and AI to control your computer fully verbally
43:00 Android only so far,
44:00 Kevin's send off, final thoughts on AppGenie
47:00 Ending
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