XRAI Glass, a technology startup based in London, has launched a pair of smart glasses that they use augmented reality technology to provide deaf people with real-time text during conversations.

The company develops proprietary software solutions that record audio, processing it and then displaying the subtitles on the smart glasses screen immediately after.

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The software also has voice recognition capabilities, which means that Smart glasses can identify who is talking to the wearer.

According to the company, they are “the first of their kind” and aims to enable the deaf community to participate in everyday conversations by directly converting audio to subtitles displayed in front of the user’s eyes.

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• XRAI Glass intends to continue adding more capabilities to its smart glasses, such as language translation and the ability to detect voice pitch, accent, and pitch.
• The software uses advanced voice recognition capabilities to identify who is speaking and then uses it to translate language, tone of voice, and accent.
• It plans to reach 70,000 people by the end of 2023.
• The hardware was developed by AR glasses company Nreal through its Nreal Air glasses, while XRAI Glass provided the software.

“XRAI Glass is intuitive and easy to use. It can be a powerful tool to ensure that people with hearing loss don’t feel left out in a social environment.”

Mark Atkinson, RNID Executive Director of the UK’s National Institute for the Deaf (RNID).