More attentive to people with disabilities
On the accessibility front, for example, comes real-time transcription via machine learning of everything that comes through the sound card. It is activated by pressing the Windows + Control + L key combination and initially prompts for a local vocabulary download: the system works even without a permanent Internet connection.
While most video content already has subtitles, even automatic ones, this does not apply in the case of meetings on Teams, for example, or on Zoom. Thanks to real-time transcription, a deaf person will be able to follow the conversation without any problem.
The “caption,” as it is called in Italian, occupies the top of the desktop but can be repositioned like a normal window. Among the special features of the system is the possibility of including one’s own microphone as well and, above all, of automatically filtering vulgar content. The only limitation, at the moment, is the presence of English vocabulary only: it cannot be used with other languages.
Drag & drop on the taskbar at last, but tabs in Windows Explorer only in a while
Windows 11, we had seen last year, was a bit of a work in progress: old applications hidden under a newer theme, “dark” mode not flawless in its management and many other small limitations that held back many users, who preferred to stay on Windows 10. With the update, many of these things have been revised, especially in the menu and toolbar areas. The latter, and here many can breathe a sigh of relief, finally supports drag & drop: if you drag a Jpeg file to the Photoshop icon the app will be brought to the foreground and you can then automatically open the file, or a group of files.