For the hearing impaired, getting along in an every day situation, amongst a crowd of people that don’t necessarily have the same impairment may be an issue. And while many can read lips, that may not be the easiest way to go about things. Especially considering not everyone moves their lips the same way to make the same words, which can be a real pain. But, fear not, because a new designer has just come up with a great way to alleviate all of those problems, and all you need to do is wear some glasses.
They may not be as straight-forward as anti-aging glasses, but not many things are now-a-days. These speech-to-text glasses are, though, a great concept that we really hope get picked up. Designed by a Danish designer by the name of Mads Hindhede, the Babel Fisk glasses are meant to let the deaf literally read what you’re saying, while you’re saying it.
Based on the design, there would be a microphones placed within the frames of the glasses, which would allow for pin-point accuracy to pick up the vocal intonations of someone standing in your line of sight. And then the embedded speech-to-text program within the glasses would literally create text within the lenses of the glasses. What’s more, there would also be the ability to record what’s been said to a flash memory card. Like we said, it’s a great idea — we just hope the glasses get a far more aesthetically pleasing re-design before manufacturing takes off. If manufacturing takes off.
[via DVICE]
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Apple don’t like fussy designs, we all know that by now, and they’re all about paring down extraneous sockets, so the news that they’re trying to patent a 3.5mm headphone jack with an integrated microphone comes as little surprise. Their plan is to squeeze the microphone into the socket and then use the plug aperture and cavity to work as an acoustic path, so that even though it’s not mounted right near the surface it can still pick up audio clearly.
Alternatively, it could cut down the number of holes in a device with a dual-microphone array – usually used for noise reduction – to just one, with the second microphone hiding in the headphone socket. Now, there’s no telling whether Apple actually will use this on any future iPhone – and of course it remains to be seen how it might cope when there’s a set of headphones actually plugged in (but you’re not using an external microphone).
[via Gizmodo]
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According to Sony, your Ultimate Weapon when it comes to schooling fools on the FPS battlefield is a 3D surround sound headset. Just like its newly minted DR-GA500 above, what a coincidence! Coming with a separate box to process your computer’s audio into a 7.1-channel surround sound environment, this mic-equipped set of cans is targeted squarely at gamers looking to optimize every last inch of their fragging experience. There’s also a GA-200 model that makes do without the extra audio processing. Both variants share the super special “triple enfolding” padding design, which is intended to make the headgear comfortable for prolonged use. Prices and retail dates aren’t yet available, but just to underline that gaming connection one extra time, Sony will be bundling a free copy of the latest Medal of Honor with these ‘phones starting in mid-October.
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