Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
Deaf people can now enjoy live theatrical performances more than ever before thanks to these new “smart caption glasses”.
The Royal National Theater in London has been piloting the glasses with their audience members who may be deaf or hard of hearing.
While sign language interpreters are often made available for certain performances, they are not always present for some of the shows. The glasses, on the other hand, use lighting, timing, and stages cues to display the scripted dialogue on the inside of the lenses. Even if an actor skips a few lines of dialogue, the glasses will be able to…
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