Hey, I'm the Founder and CEO of Transcense. We're so excited to be on ProductHunt, HN and Techcrunch today. I'd be happy to answer any questions here! :)
@nealrs@t_duchemin Hi Neal, a great way would be to raise awareness of this problem. We wrote articles on it, at bit.ly/LetsTalkAboutTom. So many people take this as granted, the status quo is a real challenge here. You can email me for more follow up questions here: thibault@transcense.com. Thanks!
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It works by catching conversations from the voices of different individuals and assigning them a color bubble so the deaf person knows who said what. It works with a distributed microphone system on all the devices using the app so that it can distinguish each person from another. It then translates those words and starts jotting them down in real time on the app. The deaf and hard of hearing can then read what is going on as it happens.
I really liked the video! I didn't realize that even with hearing aids, deaf people still had a hard time understanding conversations, so this is a pretty innovative solution.
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Great to see what you guys are doing! On a small scale I know the challenge with this, having terrible hearing in one ear alone makes it so difficult to hear in certain settings -- and at some point you just make guesses at what is being said, and many things can be lost in translation. You'd be surprised the frustration and emotions you experience when having to struggle to hear all the time -- just in a situation where someone else might be passively listening with ease. We often take these things for granted.
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This is an amazing idea. Absolutely loving what you’re doing. I keep thinking we should all make more of an effort to include deaf and hard of hearing people into mainstream life – and not by forcing them to “simply read lips”. But, realistically speaking, not everyone will be open to learning sign language unless they’re very close to someone whose first language it is.
I love how your app manages to bypass that. Everyone has to do their part (by installing the app and keeping their devices near), and there needs to be a certain willingness for that, but it’s low-threshold and, in the end, it’s making it so much easier for people with hearing impairments to follow group conversations.
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