Live Caption Glasses Let Deaf People 'See' Conversations

These smart glasses allow Deaf people to see real-time subtitles during conversations.
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[@jo4210]

Absolutely amazing!!! I’m not deaf but I have a lot of issues with understanding what people are saying right away, especially when speaking a little quicker. I always have subtitles on and I’ve always said “why can’t we have subtitles for real life?” And these people have made that possible!! So incredibly cool

[@Ikajo]

I'm not a native English speaker, but I use English subtitles when I can. Simply because I might miss something otherwise. Incidentally, it is a great way of learning a language.

[@falloutgirl6551]

I always felt that way too

[@MsSimpleMovies]

Auditory Processing Disorder?

[@jo4210]

@@MsSimpleMovies yes exactly. Idk if it’s because I have ADHD but yeah

[@chi6801]

@@jo4210 ADHD here too and have the same troubles with auditory processing. These are amazing

[@kedarguruu]

now other people need sunglasses to translate sign language

[@kittyday1402]

This is GREAT!!!! My dad taught disabled kids & we took groups to the woods for the weekend. All of us kids learned the manual alphabet.

[@lindapedersen-hylka7170]

This is HUGE. Awesome.

[@dontaylor7315]

If KZbin captions are comparable to what these glasses do, their users are going to see some bizarrely distorted things being said to them.

[@BlackOps2543x]

surprisingly, YT's captioning has improved hugely over the past few years compared to the time where just making a video, and then remaking that same video with the captioning replacing the script was really funny!

[@dontaylor7315]

@@BlackOps2543x Sounds hilarious.😂 Must've been fun doing it too!

[@greego5952]

As a deaf person, better than nothing.

[@jenniriley482]

KZbin's captions are 100% better than on tv. Ch4 and 5 are the worse captions of all. I actually think the person typing them (or who programmed the machine) must be deaf too as words typed can be similar to how I mishear things. (I have 2 hearing aids)

[@greego5952]

@@jenniriley482 also, many people don't realize that not all KZbin captions aren't automated. If it says "English (auto-translated)" those are automated. If just "English", then it was uploaded by the user, which are quite often done professionally on big channels such as Dr. Mike

[@susiechapman2842]

My husband is deaf, he watched this and said this would be so helpful for him!

[@Azulakayes]

This is amazing! I love this type of technology that makes life a little bit easier for disabled people!

[@laceystovall8828]

I love smart & caring people! Wonderful invention!!

[@AGDinCA]

That's a wonderful new application of existing technology.

[@the-satellite-girl1044]

This is the news I love to see!

[@bradleyapollo284]

This is absolutely beautiful - simply amazing😭Now the question is how easily accessible will this be to the general deaf public (I.e. the the price of these spectacles affordable)

[@oliviaziboe9319]

Love this ♥️ So happy to see such a wonderful invention that will make such a huge difference in so many lives 🙂

[@maurreese]

Absolutely amazing job to the creators!!!!

[@nopeacewithoutjustice6133]

Okay but even people with auditory processing disorders can benefit from this. Where my ADHDers at?

[@MR-in4yi]

This is how TECHNOLOGY MUST BE UTILIZED.

[@ZKuran]

This is beautiful

[@Rose-jp7dm]

This is Fantastic!!

[@the_glitter_is]

Now this is freaking cool

[@jujub4553]

This is super cool!

[@christinaulibarri4777]

Ground breaking. Technology is truly awesome.

[@saranya7892]

Great discovery 🙏It will change million lives 👏

[@boatymsboatface3929]

So amazing!

[@theoistrying9904]

Yes very helpful for the Deaf and those with auditory processing disorders!

[@unclebadger597]

WOW! Awesome! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@hreaper]

This is kind of awesome. I have relatives who are using hearing aids. This would definitely help them when they're around people.

[@Yomi4D]

Brilliant stuff

[@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment]

They should try to make these not just as sunglasses because people at the office or inside could then also use them. Or like the tinted glasses for reading that change with light.

[@waffles3629]

I'm guessing they need the contrast in order to be able to see the text

[@amandaherman]

Kudos to those sun glasses that is truly astonishing for people that are deaf the science industry has come a long way, So happy for this happing.

[@yellalot101]

Wow! This is AMAZING!!!!!

[@SomethingIsUpHere]

I WANT THOSE!!!! This would help me a lot with my deaf issues

[@vcwloves9864]

Amazing!!!

[@lizbethquintero545]

AMAZING !

[@v.leewalker8640]

Awesome!

[@wulfenii64]

That's awesome!

[@CandiceLikes]

Amazing.

[@Deloreon]

Awesome! Soon it will be able to translate 👍🏾👍🏾

[@lisatirkot7210]

Awesome!!!!!

[@morningsidedriverock]

That’s inspiring.

[@andmos1001]

Sherlock: “Hit me” Watson:”sorry?” Sherlock:”Hit me in the face. Do you understand me?” Watson:”I do, but usually this sentence is on subtitle”

[@sharkwolf7788]

Amazing

[@KrisRyanStallard]

This is fantastic. I think we also need to start offering sign language in more primary and secondary schools so that more of the world speaks their native language.

[@dojachrist4286]

ayoo that’s cool af

[@ngirabedechal]

Next will be a braille version for blind people

[@Hunter225]

Awesome

[@eshep71]

This is genius

[@TallSilhouette]

Google's working on this too with their Glass successor. Look up their video.

[@doubleaa380]

I'm going to buy it now, where I'll buy???

[@alexjany1969]

Would love to get this in Spanish for my grandpa!

[@matthewviramontes3131]

Cool that they're already trying to make it translate languages too. That'll be a billion dollar business right there, especially once they can get the technology into everyday glasses, like your prescription ones or even contact lenses.

[@fauxfurr]

Where do we get these???? Please.

[@kikijewell2967]

This is awesome! Will they Open Source all of the technology so - like ENABLE, volunteers printing prosthetic limbs - hackers/makers can build them for free to anyone who wants one? I'd sure love to build these!

[@eugenelim11]

Please, I am deaf. Where may I buy one of these glasses, please?

[@JayFoxFire]

Can you actually use this in the movie thearte?

[@frankmartel5775]

How does it handle multiple and simultaneous conversations and background noise? I am dead in one east and the other one is fine but I have issues with multiple conversations as although I hear them, I can no longer comprehend them as they are now simply cacophony

[@doubleaa380]

Hurry up because I'm tired of how people including family treating me like they can't talk with me because I'm deaf.

[@crimsonnightt]

I wonder if it can caption EVERY version of English... Black people with deaf friends, please verify. Lol

[@832JY]

This is a good start to this advanced technology for hearing-impaired community. But the issue is with voice interpretation. How the voice works with identifying words. Many voices have different tones so it may not be well-versed with different speech. Just my thought.

[@NotUnymous]

...How is it doing in a groupconversation or a crowded place tho?

[@nerdydude1.882]

Weebs : Our time has come

[@Saints2929]

dammit my eyesight is bad

[@PatrioticKoreanAmerican]

Does it translate into different languages?

[@mythrowawayaccount888]

is this only for deaf people? i have terrible hearing like everything is distorted, but have never gotten it evaluated by a doctor. i want this but dont want to feel like i'm taking resources away from actual deaf people

[@Quroe_]

I've been looking for HUD smart glasses for a while now, just as an average Joe. Not sure if this would be worth it to _me,_ but it certainly is a step up from what we've commercially had access to recently.

[@lainwired3946]

Yeah this isn't new tech, especially for this application similar systems have existed in very high tech, high cost variants, and there have been stuff like in esr translators and aids with a digital component to them for a long time. But the innovation here I assume is the price of commodotisation which will help bring the price down. Its a good way to make tech like smart glasses affordable, first reach out to markets such as the deaf where there is an invaluable application to bring costs down across the board, and it helps people everywhere. You can see they're already branching it out at the end of the video to translation.

[@drusillawinters212]

Please I would like to be part of the test group

[@CodenamePrince]

Next, make blind people hear their surroundings.

[@HarshBatth]

Imagine someone doing rap

[@blueturtle3623]

Auto Captions are rigged to robot voices, so it would be accurate for that. And nothing else.

[@__Andrew]

What? There are tons of programs that live subtitle human voices all the time. Not saying they are 100% accurate, but if you are deaf they still help a lot when trying to talk with people that do not know sign language.

[@blueturtle3623]

@@__Andrew i am Deaf, and no they don't. I mean, not enough to warrant buying these glasses.

[@__Andrew]

@@blueturtle3623 These glasses just run off a subtitle/caption app on your phone, all they are is a display to put the words in your eye line. Iv messed around with the Android subtitle app and a few others online and they i would say are about 95-98% accurate. And even the hiccups they have you can spot them (as the words do not belong to the flow of the conversation) and wouldn't detract all that much from being able to hold a conversation. Add to that if you are talking with people that KNOW someone is using the app people will (hopefully) speak more clearly to help out, making the subtitle program work better. Its like when i use my google speech commands; if i quickly say what i want to say it might mess a word up, but if i slow down and speak clearly it catches everything i ask it. Plus of course live caption programs are getting better every day. Also i legit just placed my phone on the table in front of me and spoke out what i had written all above, and it captured all of it with the exception of a few punctuation errors like run on sentences.

[@gypsygem9395]

@@__Andrew I think what @Blue Turtle is saying, is that apps like Live Transcribe (which was supposed to do the same thing as these glasses but on your phone screen) are nowhere near accurate. I struggle to even use it on my phone, it's not worth the hassle. If these glasses are no better than an app specifically promoted as being useful for Deaf people, then they too would be useless. All I want is an app that works as advertised, i.e. accurately. If that happened, these glasses wouldn't be necessary.

[@guitarcatlind6075]

Person: *chewing* I think you're a nice guy Deaf person: YOU THINK I'M A WHAT?

[@honeyafun7450]

haha 😂

[@terryhoover4687]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@brokenquill9277]

I feel like these would end up being an invasion of privacy.

[@daveh2404]

In what way?

[@artmynk8999]

If youre talking about looking at other peoples conversations, non deaf people have ears. Literally the same thing.

[@tanyadelaney8455]

People that are hard of hearing like us. Can't rely on lip reading in the world in this current day and age. We have to Mask to be responsible. Which takes away our ability to read lips. I spend a lot more time asking people what they said.

[@gypsygem9395]

You can ask people to lower their masks so you can lipread. I do

[@gypsygem9395]

No disrespect to the creators, but if they can make an app that is accurate at transcribing, why would we need to read the words in sunglasses? I'd far rather read it on my phone. I guess it means we can appear to be looking at the speaker, but maybe that's why they're sunglasses - because we really wouldn't be looking at the speaker, we'd be looking at the words! Qualifier - I'm profoundly deaf

[@napalmholocaust9093]

No one helps those who need help. This has been a toy for the rich for a decade.

[@gyroscope915]

So people need to wear sunglasses indoors all the time. I'm sure there is no problem with that. This whole product smells fishy AF

[@katarn999]

This only smells fishy for you because you probably don‘t have any problems with your hearing. I think it is a great idea. A bit of tuning and making the product market ready, and it can change the world for deaf people and/or people with hearing problems.

[@gyroscope915]

@@katarn999 ah yes. Because I need to be deaf to notice the obvious problems with a product. Overlooking issues just because a product is for disabled people is a terrible idea. It should face the same scrutiny as every else. If the product actually works it won't matter how much scrutiny it gets

[@Iunanec]

Hey, I live in a Third World country and even here prescription glasses that turn dark under the sun and go back to clear indoors are a thing.

[@gyroscope915]

@@Iunanec expect people in the video are indoors cooking and the glass is still tinted. So yeah, its clearly not that. The screen probably can't display on clear glass, and so it need to be sunglasses to work

[@katarn999]

@@gyroscope915 This is obviously not the final product. It‘s still experimental. But it seems to work and brings a benefit for these people. But you just want to be negative and call it a smelly product. Fine with me. As if you ever created anything but a big dump sitting on your toilet... you‘re a prime example of a youtube model citizen.