[Still Waters]

news.bbc.co.uk said:

Spectacles that can provide subtitles have been created by hi-tech firm NEC.

Resembling glasses but lacking lenses, the headset uses a tiny projector to display images on a user's retina.

NEC said it planned a version that used real-time translation to provide subtitles for a conversation between people lacking a common language.

The firm said the gadget, dubbed Tele Scouter, was intended for sales people or employees dealing with inquiries from customers.

NEC said the Tele Scouter was intended to be a business tool that could aid sales staff who would have information about a client's buying history beamed into their eye during a conversation.

But, it said, it could also be put to a more exotic use as a translation aid. In this scenario the microphone on the headset picks up the voices of both people in a conversation, pipes it through translation software and voice-to-text systems and then sends the translation back to the headset.

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[Dr Alien]

"so far it only translates into old, forgotten gibberish "bonjour"" - futurama
something on the lines to that anyway

[IronGhost]

Dr Alien, on 05 November 2009 - 06:36 PM, said:

"so far it only translates into old, forgotten gibberish "bonjour"" - futurama
something on the lines to that anyway

Still -- incredibly cool! Those translation devices from SF films and books will soon be solid reality!

[fandango]

IronGhost, on 05 November 2009 - 10:20 PM, said:

Still -- incredibly cool! Those translation devices from SF films and books will soon be solid reality!

The universal tranlator would be sooooo cool especially if it makes you look like "Borg"

[danielost]

joseph smith may have used a pair of these to translate the book of mormon. the Urim and Thummim these were glasses. either that or gad inspired the ones we are now just developing.

[Dr Alien]

i wonder if it can translate sign language