To the casual observer, they seem like a typical pair of eyeglasses with stylishly thick black frames. But for the wearer, they offer a different perspective鈥攐ne that, essentially, narrates the world.
Created by a start-up called , the smart accessory generates instant, accurate text, viewable only by the wearer鈥攐ffering a way for people who are deaf or hard of hearing to better understand spoken communication.
鈥淥ur smart glasses are like having subtitles for a movie,鈥 says current student Nirbhay Narang 鈥25, the company鈥檚 co-founder and lead engineer, 鈥渆xcept instead of a movie, it鈥檚 real life.鈥
When the function is activated, spoken words appear in real time in green lettering on the glasses鈥 right lens. The transcription is adjustable, so the wearer can decide how quickly it appears鈥攆rom several lines to just a single word at a time.
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