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Live-caption glasses let deaf people read conversations [video]

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Re: Live-caption glasses let deaf people read conversations [video]

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Post by elliekelly »

YurgenJurgensen wrote: post #78
elliekelly wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect (and hope) you had no ill intent but this comment is really ignorant. There is a terrible history of Deaf people being discriminated against and forced to “lip read” rather than communicate through ASL. And by “forced” I mean they were more or less mentally and physically tortured into compliance. Your comment not only perpetuates this totally false narrative that there’s a “problem” with ASL but it makes i…

There’s nothing inherent to the world we have built that’s stopping deaf people using the Internet in their own languages. Yet there’s no ASL Wikipedia. Why not?

There are many languages that don’t use a system of writing.

Re: Live-caption glasses let deaf people read conversations [video]

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Post by tossaway0 »

I admittedly don’t have much experience with deaf people; I had one acquaintance in high school who was deaf. Hanging out with him made me very aware of how isolating it can be to only be able to participate in conversations where you are actively trying to pay attention.

If these can let people hang out and participate without having to actively track each speaker in a group setting it will go a long way.

Re: Live-caption glasses let deaf people read conversations [video]

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Post by danscarfe »

zoklet-enjoyer wrote: post #42

My Pixel phone can do this. Why are the glasses so expensive and bulky?

Compared to contemporary AR glasses ($2k+), these Nreal Airs are fairly cost effective at $379. We plan to support lots more glasses as they come out, especially ones with waveguide technology that doesn't require the shared lenses.

Re: Live-caption glasses let deaf people read conversations [video]

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Post by danscarfe »

raldi wrote: post #25

I'm impressed at how not-awful the glasses look. I do wish there had been a real-life shot showing how the text appears to the wearer, though.

You can see how it appears in our promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iilN0368vQU

Re: Live-caption glasses let deaf people read conversations [video]

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Post by danscarfe »

ape4 wrote: post #32
quantumquetzal wrote: post #15

Background: researched this space for a graduate degree. There are a few issues that are unanswered by this video (which isn't intended to be a technical deep dive, but I don't see any related links in the video description): 1. How do these glasses handle multiple simultaneous speakers? Based on the display I saw, it shows the speakers' words sequentially, which starts to fall apart in real-world environments, espec…

It would be nice if it put the captions over the speaker (in a speech bubble?)

You pin the captions next to the person. We did try speech bubbles, but it didn't look great, so we went back to simple subtitles.

Re: Live-caption glasses let deaf people read conversations [video]

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Post by vlunkr »

autoexec wrote: post #62

What are the privacy/security issues with this? Does this mean every conversation a person wearing these has (or that occurs within earshot) is being collected and harvested by someone? Will the AR be used to insert ads into people's conversations or plaster images of ads all over the place? Will certain words or phrases be automatically censored? This is cool tech, that could be used to help people, but it comes wit…

> Will the AR be used to insert ads into people's conversations or plaster images of ads all over the place?

I doubt it. This isn't the kind of cheap mass-market device where running ads is going to make you a big profit.

Re: Live-caption glasses let deaf people read conversations [video]

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Post by omoikane »

Mizza wrote: post #40

Would love a version for translation. I don't need the glasses, just read the translation to me and I'll wear an ear bud. And if you could make it work at a loud party, that'd be just perfect..

Looks like this product exists:

https://support.google.com/googlepixelbuds/answer/7573100

Re: Live-caption glasses let deaf people read conversations [video]

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Post by danscarfe »

1-6 wrote: post #89

Can they make the glasses without tint? I can imagine users going, "I'm deaf, not blind." Magic Leap has screens that can adjust opacity at the pixel-level.

The current generation of glasses (such as these Nreal Airs) use a birdbath technology which requires a tint. The next generation of waveguide glasses won't require this but they are currently not as good visual quality, especially for reading text. They are also a lot more money. Everything is a trade off right now. The next couple of years will be transformational.
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