Most glasses help people see better, but a new invention from Japan may soon improve language skills and
language barriers instead.
High-tech Company NEC has
a device that it says will
users to communicate with people of different
. Shaped like a pair of eyeglasses
without the lenses(镜片), the computer-assisted Tele Scouter would
a picture-forming device to present almost real-time translations directly onto the
retina（视网膜）. The text, provided instantly
voice recognition and
programs, would effectively provide movie-like “subtitles” （字幕） during a conversation between two people
the glasses.
“You can keep the
flowing,” NEC market development official Takayuki Omino told reporters at Tokyo exposition (展览会)
the device was on display. “This could also be used for talks
with secret information,” says Omino, stating that there would be no
for translators.
Each user’s
words would be
by microphone, translated, and be instantly
for conversation partners in
visual text and as audio delivered through headphones.
Users can still see their conversation partner’s face because the text is
onto only part of the retina—the first time such technology is used in a commercial product, according to NEC.
The company plans to put the Tele Scouter in Japan in November next year,
at the beginning without the translation mode.
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