Google new Voice Access app lets you control your phone with your voice.

40302ec9da054f9cbcc55c419d6578c8Google is making Android a lot more accessible for people visual and motor impairments.
The company is beta-testing an app called Voice Access that enables Android users to navigate their smartphones using only their voice. 
Voice Access helps people with motor impairments navigate their touch screens. The app allows you to navigate between your home screen and other screens as well and interact with the content you're seeing by using voice commands. You can also use the app for text editing and dictation.
It relies on the same tech behind the "Okay, Google," hands-free commands so you'll need to have "Okay Google," detection enabled in your settings (there's also a workaround if you don't have a device that supports the feature.)
Voice Access isn't the only new feature Google is developing with accessibility in mind. The company is also plans to add new features for visually impaired users with the upcoming Android N release. 
Android N, which is currently in early preview stage, adds a new Vision Settings menu to the initial setup page to make those options "front and center" so that people with visual impairments can "independently set up their own device and activate the features they need, right from the start," Google says. Vision Settings includes options to control font size, display size, magnification and TalkBack, which provides audio cues to help people navigate what's on their screens.
Google also recently debuted a new app for developers called Accessibility Scanner. The app helps developers optimize their apps for accessibility.After first planning to launch the app during Google I/O 2015 and changing its mind at the last minute, Google has finally launched Voice Access in beta, a new accessibility app that allows users to control their phone using their voice. With Voice Access, you can use a wide variety of voice commands like “open Chrome” to bring up the browser or “go home” to go to the home screen.
The app is not unlike many other accessibility apps of its kind. With the app installed there is a set of commands that can be used from anywhere on the device, but Voice Access also overlays many numbers atop elements of the screen so that you can precisely accomplish whatever you need to without worrying about the app mishearing you. As you can see above, you can just say “8” if you want to launch the YouTube app.


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