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Have you ever been in a noisy room and been unable to hear the person sitting right next to you? What if you could READ what they were saying? This system would use a device that resembled a cell-phone headset. Instead of a microphone, however, a tiny camera would be aimed at the wearer's mouth so
that it could optically interpret the movement of the lips as words. The headset would then send a signal to a lapel on the wearer's shirt. The lapel would feature a little scrolling LCD screen, which would display the wearer's words as text. No more yelling, no more exaggerated enunciation.
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If everyone was reading each other the room wouldn't be noisy. |
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Sign language is really useful for this. A couple of friends of mine are fluent in sign language, they can communicate drinks orders or chat across a noisy, crowded bar with effortless efficiency. Also good for saying rude stuff about people who are standing in front of you! |
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There is no way in a world of cheese that
this would work. [+] |
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[+], especially if it makes at least as many mistakes as current real-time captioning for televised news programs. |
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