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2020_CSE_03 BLOGS

Welcome to our blog series where we share our journey in building a chrome web browser extension which can read, compose and organize a user’s Gmail inbox all controlled through his voice. We will be updating our findings and progress every 2 weeks through this series.  x So what exactly are we working on? The plan is simple, over the course of next few months we are aiming to develop a chrome extension which acts as a Voice Assistant for your Gmail account. Our main goal is to make it so user friendly that even visually blind users can access their Gmail accounts without any hassle. Why? As we all are witnessing the importance of technology and it’s services during the pandemic, we realized that many of the services available today mainly rely on an email client for communication of important information, thus many visually impaired users face a challenging time in accessing these technologies in their day to day life. In an attempt to make the internet a more accessible place, w...