Use your eyes to select pre-written phrases and have them spoken aloud.
Not recently updated — last update was on 2024-05-29.
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Look to Speak from Google Creative Lab converts eye gaze into spoken phrases, enabling hands-free communication. It processes eye-tracking data on-device with front-facing camera ML, keeping all data private. The recent update adds a text-free mode with emojis, new phrasebooks, and Swahili support, backed by 100,000+ total downloads and 1.6K in the last 30 days.
Pros & Cons
Accessibility-focused hands-free communication via eye tracking
On-device privacy—data never leaves the device
Supports multiple phrasebooks for personal customization
Swahili language support and emoji-based text-free mode
Lacks explicit free-text input or typing features based on current data
Language breadth beyond Swahili is not listed in the data
Requires a front-facing camera, which may limit use on devices without a camera
Look to Speak is a tools app developed by Google Creative Lab.
How many times has Look to Speak been downloaded?
Look to Speak has been downloaded 190 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1.6 thousand times.
What is the rating of Look to Speak?
Look to Speak is rated 3.90 out of 5 stars, based on 1.1 thousand ratings.
Is Look to Speak free?
Look to Speak is free to download. The APK download size is 22.06 MB. The latest version available is 1.0.635809009. The last update was on May 29, 2024.
What are the requirements for Look to Speak?
Look to Speak requires Android 8.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play December 2020.
Description
Look to Speak is an Android app from Google which enables you to use your eyes to select a menu of phrases and pictures and have them spoken aloud. The app uses the front-facing camera to detect eye gaze gestures, processing the feed in real time using machine learning. When a significant gesture is detected, the app will trigger your intended action. All data is private and never leaves the device.
Recent changes: The new text-free mode allows you to select a choice of emojis, symbols and photos to be spoken aloud - with no reading required. The update also includes the ability to store multiple phrasebooks and added support for Swahili.
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This is a great start, and awesome to see Google trying to help people with motor deficits! Could do with the ability to spell out words, form new sentences from words, and add them to the phrase book from the eye tracking UI. That would greatly improve its usefulness.
★★★★☆Adam P· Feb 4, 2024
I'm excited to try this with my grandma who is in rehab and unable to communicate by conventional means. I created a phrasebook with essential phrases. I wish there was room for more, the 20 phrase limit seems arbitrary. I hope this app scales well, because I'll need to run this on a large tablet for it to be legible to her. My phrasebook: Yes. No. I understand. I do not understand. I need to think. I consent. I do not consent. Repeat that? More options?
★☆☆☆☆luis roa· Jan 24, 2021
This app could be extremely helpful for people, but it doesn't really work as it should, instead of removing the phrases in order to make sure the person does say what they want to say, it does it randomly, making it difficult or impossible to actually say what you want to say. The eyes muscles will get tired in a short time, the app is not able apparently to change languages even though you have another one selected on the text to speech options, and can be very unresponsive at times.
★☆☆☆☆Alisa Winston· Jun 26, 2024
It want to detect my eyes. I only get a bunch of lines and blurry green screen.
★★☆☆☆adrian nm· Dec 4, 2022
The idea is great, but it's not working in Redmi Note 11. The front camera is not detecting anything because it shows all green
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Technologies used by Look to Speak
Look to Speak is requesting 5 permissions and is using 15 libraries.
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Trust & Safety: Permissions required include CAMERA, INTERNET, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, WAKE_LOCK, and WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE. The app emphasizes on-device processing, with a stated privacy posture that all data remains on the device and does not leave the user's device.
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