Dear Interpreter

Based on the idea of Google's Glass Project Glass, computer programmer Will Powell has developed eyeglasses that feature real-time interpreting.

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This device can listen to the conversation, translate into the required language. It works in 37 different languages around the world. Translation results will be displayed in the form of subtitles on the user's glasses.

In short, the glasses and translator works like this: The Bluetooth headset captures audio signals and connects to a smartphone or tablet, ensuring audio input ( filtered out noise). Then, the signal is sent to the Microsoft Translator service to determine the language captured and translated into the target language of choice.

Finally, the translation text is displayed on the bottom of the glasses as real-time subtitles, while the user can still communicate normally.

The subtitle and image viewer on the TV in the test video shows that it works on two Raspberry Pi computers, the size of which is a credit card. Each device has a retail price of $ 35.

The subtitle feedback system is quite good, although it's a bit slow compared to other real-time applications we've seen. The cause is that the translation server takes time to process the information, Powell said.

In addition, the quality of the interpretation will be greatly affected if the callers do not wear earphones or a pair of Vuzix Star glasses to improve sound quality.

References: Gizmag