A new and exciting invention now allows deaf people to see conversations in real time. Using augmented reality (AR) glasses and a smartphone, deaf and hearing-impaired people are also able to join in everyday conversations.
现在，一项令人兴奋的新发明可以让聋人看到实时对话。使用增强现实（AR）眼镜和智能手机，聋人和听障人士也能参与日常对话。
The AR glasses were developed by Dan Scarfe after he had dinner with his family. The man saw his hearing-impaired grandfather sitting alone in silence while the rest of the family were talking excitedly. This reminded him of his grandfather who was always watching TV shows with subtitles (字幕). Because of this experience, he realized that he should do something to help.
这种 AR 眼镜是 Dan Scarfe 在与家人共进晚餐后开发的。他看到自己有听力障碍的祖父一个人静静地坐着，而家里其他人都在兴奋地交谈。这让他想起了总是带着字幕看电视节目的祖父。有了这次经历，他意识到自己应该做点什么来帮助别人。
Scarfe got to work with an AR glasses maker. Six months later, a new pair of AR glasses came out.
于是，斯卡夫开始与一家 AR 眼镜制造商合作。六个月后，一副新的 AR 眼镜问世了。
The glasses first receive the audio (音频) and send it to a connected smartphone. The phone then creates subtitles from that audio. With the help of software, these subtitles appear on the user’s glasses screen.
眼镜首先接收音频，然后将音频发送到连接的智能手机上。然后，手机根据音频创建字幕。在软件的帮助下，这些字幕就会出现在用户的眼镜屏幕上。
The company first tested the glasses in the UK. The UK was chosen as a testing ground because over 12 million adults in Britain have hearing loss. However, when the product goes global, it could change the lives of some 430 million people. This is about 5% of the world’s population and includes 70 million people with total hearing loss.
公司首先在英国测试了这款眼镜。之所以选择英国作为测试地点，是因为英国有超过 1200 万成年人患有听力损失。然而，当该产品走向全球时，它将改变约 4.3 亿人的生活。这约占世界总人口的 5%，其中包括 7000 万完全丧失听力的人。
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