Using the mobile is usually a very simple task for neurotypical users. But for people with cognitive disabilities it can be more complicated. With the idea of improving your accessibility, Google just launched Action Blocks.
It is an application with which we can create pictograms to facilitate the most common tasks for people with difficulties.
This is how Action Blocks works, the new Google app
Create widgets for ease of use
What allows us Action Blocks is the ability to create custom buttons to place on the home screen. Something similar to the widgets that the operating system already has, but completely customized by us.
Calling a friend, watching your favorite show or reading the news are some of the things you can do with these widgets.
Create a widget it is quite simple. You will only have to choose an image and give it a name, in which the ideal is to add the action that we will carry out when we press it.
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At the top we will also put the action that we want the Google Assistant to do when we touch it. Once we have it elaborated, we can add it to the home screen in a simple way.
You can create buttons with all the actions that can be done with the wizard Google. Therefore, the range of activities that can be created through them is almost infinite. In addition, Action Blocks allows you to test the operation of the order you have given it before saving the block, so that you can be sure that everything will work like silk.
Ideal for the elderly or disabled
The idea of using Action Blocks is that you can prepare the mobile of the older people in your family so that using it is as easy as possible for them. In this way, it will not be necessary for them to learn each and every one of the mobile commands, something that elderly and disabled it can be difficult.
Based on pictograms, resolving the digital divide will be much easier.
Google's idea with the launch of this application is to continue advancing its conditions of accessibility. Now that we practically lead our lives on the mobile, that we can all learn to use it is essential for us to be fully integrated.
Of course, it is a completely free application. If you want to start using it, you only have to download it at the following link:
Have you ever used Google Blocks? Do you think it could be a good idea so that we can all use the mobile in a simple way? We invite you to tell us your opinion about it in the comments section at the bottom of the page.