Amazon unveiled several new devices, including the Fire HD 10 tablets for kids and the Fire TV Soundbar. The company also showcased new accessibility features for Alexa, extending its reach to a wider audience.
One of the new features is Eye Gaze on Alexa, which enables individuals with mobility or speech impairments to use the assistant by communicating with their eyes. Users can control their smart home, play shows and music, and make phone calls by simply looking at their tablet. Eye Gaze will be available later this year on the Fire Max 11 Tablet at no extra cost, as stated in Amazon’s blog post.
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Amazon also highlighted Call Translation, a feature that will be available to Echo Show and Alexa phone users in the US, Canada, Mexico, UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain later this year. Call Translation automatically translates Alexa calls into speech in over 10 languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese.
“This feature helps all of our customers communicate more easily, whether they are deaf, hard of hearing, or have multilingual families,” said Heather Zorn, Vice President of Alexa.
Eye Gaze utilizes advanced real-time computer models, allowing caregivers to customize colors, images, and Alexa actions displayed as tiles on the screen. Caregivers can create tiles that, when selected by the user’s gaze, prompt Alexa to speak more frequently or louder.
Users of the Fire Max 11 tablet can enable the Eye Gaze feature in the Accessibility section.
