How ‘subtitle glasses’ are transforming the way deaf rugby star Jodie Ounsley trains - BBC News

Professional rugby player Jodie Ounsley has not only made an impact on the pitch, but also on social media for opening up about life as a deaf person.
She speaks to BBC Click about how ‘subtitle glasses’ technology is transforming the way she trains.
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[@xraiglass]

Wow! Thrilled to see Jodie using our app with her smart glasses! It's an honor to be a part of her incredible journey - big thanks to the BBC for shining a light on how technology is helping to break down barriers ❤

[@Pathan109ShortVideos]

Imagine having this to help communicate with ppl across different languages. Really support the project

[@Love_N_Let_Live]

Every tourist is about to look like the men in black, even when indoors.

[@QuietBeast]

ساحل بن نفق Why are you listening n commenting normally to BBC? They targeted Erdogan and Andrew Tate.

[@Love_N_Let_Live]

@@QuietBeast Why are all of your comments about Andrew Tate? Go worship your false idols somewhere else.

[@QuietBeast]

@@Love_N_Let_Live May Allah deplete the optimism and evil hope in the hearts of the disbelievers and hypocrites gradually. May Allah give this person a deadly disease if he's a hypocrite and not just deluded.

[@winstoningram99]

​@@Love_N_Let_Live Andy Tate is so faggy

[@b.visconti1765]

You are a beacon of heavenly light to those who want to give up because of their disabilities..you've shown them what a wonderful life they could have with determination and loyalty to themselves to live and enjoy life to the fullest..🙏❤️

[@configuremakeinstall]

I really wanted to see the Irish player subtitled.

[@joeprice4738]

As someone who spends a lot of time with deaf people, especially those who were taught to lip read and speak, her voice is something I've never heard before... wow.

[@joeprice4738]

Like... I don't know how it's possible for her to have that clear a voice, with the northern accent.

[@julesonthebeach777]

​@@joeprice4738 yes, I agree. She's exceptional.

[@curiositycloset2359]

Seems iffy to me. Maybe went deaf as a teen?

[@BrianJohns]

I've encountered deaf people with excellent speech. Either they were implanted at a young age or they were deafened later in their lives.

[@joeprice4738]

I'd be interested in knowing how.

[@asifjavedcloud]

Imagin if they could put the subtitles on the laptop screen that would be revolutionary.

[@trevor2001]

I’d bet the Apple AR headset will have accessibility features like this.

[@VanBurenOfficial]

Very interesting story. I really dislike how the BBC thinks everything needs to be a movie trailer though, the overdramatic music, the weird cuts, it's just meaningless, makes the actual story harder to follow.

[@eviqueenmia6761]

My brother is profoundly deaf , I cannot believe how good and clear the girl in this video is able to talk for being profoundly deaf , Amazing 👍

[@julesonthebeach777]

My understanding is that Brits really focus on speech and do not fully embrace sign language. This is what I was taught thirty-three years ago while studying to become an interpreter for the Deaf in Canada. I don't know how accurate that is today.

[@eviqueenmia6761]

@@julesonthebeach777I'm from the UK and my brother is profoundly deaf with a cochlear implant , but his girlfriend is also deaf but she opted not to get the implant but her whole family are deaf and they embrace there deafness witch is great but sometimes the look down on people who did decide to get the implant

[@julesonthebeach777]

Thank you for sharing that information with me. I really appreciate it. Yes, the Deaf in Canada typically do not embrace the cochlear implant either.

[@eviqueenmia6761]

@@julesonthebeach777 👍👍👍

[@Love_N_Let_Live]

​@@eviqueenmia6761 very interesting and sad. People will always try to make people that are different feel guilty for it.

[@BrianJohns]

I wear bilateral cochlear implants and would love to get my hands on those glasses in the near future.

[@hartoz]

It's a great invention, but it has a way to go. The glasses appear to be quite laggy, obviously due to the processing overhead. Hopefully this can be fixed in future.

[@xraiglass]

We've just introduced several new subtitling engines for lightning-fast transcription ⚡

[@tonymcadam8362]

Amazing! A born deaf person with a perfectly normal regional accent! That's some lip-reading skills!

[@EK-rw9sw]

lol the video said she got a cochlear implant at 13 months old so she's always had some limited hearing 👍

[@winstoningram99]

It's actually pretty common. Deaf people have accents just like hearing

[@MultiMrrog]

oh how lovely

[@andrewhills7478]

She’s cool 😎

[@jmwingchun5477]

What a Gladiator 😉

[@simonjohnwright5129]

Good. Much love. Hope every illness and infirmity is overcome. Error comes from all things. Hoping for perfection is my dream. That then is heaven. Well done to all the people pushing forward. Keep on keeping on.

[@RobloxRainbowThemePark]

Jodie, you inspire my daughters!

[@nathanbanks2354]

I've wanted these glasses for several years since my grandmother was deaf. With OpenAI's whisper it would be nice to have a version which doesn't upload data to the cloud. I was thinking of using sports glasses like the activelook engo 2 which are less conspicuous.

[@xraiglass]

We now have an offline mode, no cloud needed 😇

[@tomw790]

Top G!!!!!! L BBC

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

How interesting, but she better have some goggles for rugby!

[@Blarm]

Wow. stupid question: but how much can she hear? How come she has such a regional accent? That is just from lip reading?

[@EK-rw9sw]

she got a cochlear implant at 13 months old so she does have some limited hearing 👍

[@solatagaming4975]

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[@SourabhSuhana-ts5dq]

Good night

[@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz]

Another AI enforcement

[@auro1986]

cure hearing so all can listen to what bbc broadcasts

[@winstoningram99]

Cure it?

[@medusa301]

Why did the BBC delete their interview with Andrew Tate ?

[@winstoningram99]

Because it was boring

[@medusa301]

@@winstoningram99 have you seen it?

[@winstoningram99]

@@medusa301 No. I'd like to. Do you know where I can find it?

[@BW0308]

I honestly can't believe their are 14.2 million accounts following the BBC on here... Feel sorry for them

[@marcwilliams9824]

I subscribe to a bunch of media outlets I don't generally agree with. It's good to know what the other side is saying.

[@BW0308]

@@marcwilliams9824 you make a fair point. I just like to comment on their questionable news stories to troll them as others do. I never believe what the mainstream media projectile vomit out to brainwash people, especially after recent events.

[@KownKR7]

And you still decided to come here and waste your time... Feel sorry for you

[@BW0308]

@@KownKR7 aw sorry did my comment offend you? You just keep sitting there on your sofa and soak in all the the bull they feed you ☺️

[@KownKR7]

@@BW0308 Why should it offend me? I'm just curious

[@matt.willoughby]

She doesn't sound like any deaf person I've ever heard speak.

[@thenegociater3387]

Probably became deaf slowly as she aged, so she was able to develop her accent and enunciation before deafness really set in. She is probably not entirely deaf with the cochlear implant and slowly transitioned into interpreting sound from the implant over her entire life.

[@nathanbanks2354]

I can't tell because I'm used to North American accents.

[@nathanbanks2354]

I looked her up--she was the youngest person in UK history to get a cochlear implant. She was just over one year old. This means she learned to speak using the implant which would explain why she doesn't sound like most deaf people.

[@winstoningram99]

​@@nathanbanks2354 no she isn't. Babies get them all the time

[@matt.willoughby]

@@winstoningram99 maybe they weren't as common or as available 20yrs ago when she was a baby?

[@notjustforhackers4252]

"subtitle glasses"... are those for when the BBC needs to change the narrative from what's really being said?

[@narrativequestion]

jodie adores andrew tate too.