Jun 17, 2021 13:00:00

'Real-time transcription' and 'text reading' are now possible on Xbox

Microsoft's Xbox development team has announced the June 2021 Xbox update on its official blog. According to it, Speech-to-Text (transcription) and Text-to-Speech (text reading) will be implemented in Xbox party chat with the aim of improving accessibility.

June Xbox Update: Party Chat Accessibility, Xbox App Official Posts, and More --Xbox Wire

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/06/15/june-2021-xbox-update/

The Xbox development team believes that the game should be open to everyone, friendly and accessible. It should make it easy for game players to play and communicate with each other. We announced that we will implement features in party chat to convert voice to text and text to voice for players who are deaf or unable to speak.

The voice-to-text conversion is to convert all the words spoken by the party members into text and display it as an overlay on the game screen.

It was reported that Microsoft was conducting research on applying advanced voice recognition technology on Xbox Live (Xbox network ) to filter inappropriate words in users' voice chats.

Microsoft aims to filter voice conversations in real time with AI-GIGAZINE

In addition, we have implemented a function to read out what you typed in, and added a function that allows synthetic voice to participate in voice conversations on behalf of the user. Transcription and text-to-speech can be enabled from 'Game and chat transcription' in 'Settings' on Xbox.

In addition, the Xbox app released for Android and iOS will allow you to see the official posts of your favorite games, which you can like, share and comment on.

Then, for the function that allows you to start your favorite game immediately from 'Guide' by listing your favorite games as 'Group' from multiple game titles, click the 'Move Group' button in this 'Guide'. Has been added, and it is now possible to customize the order of groups.

In addition, when sharing Xbox with family, it is a title that allows 'cross network play' that can be played with platforms other than Xbox like Minecraft, and a parental control function that asks parents for permission for cross network play Was also announced to implement. Parents can use Android and iOS apps, or approve or reject requests directly from the console.