Wearable Live Captions - Making Mask Wearing More Accessible for Those Who Are Hard of Hearing

Explore the development of wearable live captions in this conference talk from NDC Sydney 2022. Learn how to create a mask-compatible LED display that converts speech to text, addressing communication challenges for the hard of hearing during the pandemic. Discover the process of building a wearable LED display, utilizing Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services for speech-to-text conversion, and implementing Ably's MQTT broker to transmit messages to a microprocessor. Gain insights into combining JavaScript and C++ to create this innovative solution. Understand the broader applications of live captioning and how Cognitive Services simplifies its integration into various applications. See how Ably Realtime enables the creation of wearable devices capable of displaying real-time speech, enhancing accessibility and communication in mask-wearing environments.