HarmonyOS barrier-free mode makes the sound clear and smooth

If you often watch Huawei's press conference, you will pay attention to what new changes HarmonyOS has made in barrier-free.

For example, on HarmonyOS 4, in order to help the hearing-impaired, direct connection with hearing aids, Xiaoyi call upgrade, and intelligent Q&A were developed. Another example is Xiaoyi's view of the world for people with visual impairments at HDC 2024, which relies on the camera to identify specific scenes and objects in front of it.

In October 2024, Huawei officially released HarmonyOS NEXT and launched the Xiaoyi sound repair function to make the sound heard by the hearing-impaired clear and smooth.

Every time these bits of technological progress are shown, the audience will applaud warmly for the warmth of technology.

The progress of technology should not leave anyone behind.

Whether on graphic platforms or video platforms, you can see many people sharing their real experiences in the comment area of barrier-free content.

As a person who wears hearing aids on a daily basis, I can really feel the importance of technology. Although I wear hearing aids, in fact, I still can't hear clearly many times, and I always have to ask two or three times when communicating with others. Asking is fine, but there is no way to ask others to repeat some things in class or meetings. In that case, I will be afraid that I will miss important information because I lower my head. At this time, real-time subtitles are very meaningful. I will turn on real-time transcription almost every time I attend a meeting. After all, it can hear more clearly than me and let me know what was said in the previous sentence.

In addition, many videos and online courses without subtitles are really inefficient. I often need to replay the unclear parts back and forth. With AI subtitles, I can even play at 1.5 times the speed and still not miss effective information. And call subtitles make me less reluctant to answer other people's calls than before (because many times the noise is too loud and I can't understand it at all).

I think the progress of barrier-free technology will make more people with disabilities more confident and more integrated into society. At least, I can use hearing aids, AI subtitles on my mobile phone, iFlytek for meetings, and Windows real-time transcription on my computer. Except that daily communication may be a little bit difficult, there is not much difference between me and others in the use of digital media. I also hope that the development of barrier-free can bring a higher quality of life to people with visual impairments who are more unfortunate.