MIT Media Lab alum Alex Westner has glasses that show captions to hearing-impaired people during real-time conversations. His approach is to refine existing technologies to deliver an excellent experience in one use case. Loved the focus and his dedication to detail.

Highlights:

• Sal Introduces Alex Westner, Sound Technologist & Founder of Xander – Glasses with Captions for the Hearing-Impaired
• Xander Seeks to Assemble Existing Technology into a Great User Experience
• XanderGlasses Are Great on Privacy Because Nothing Is Recorded
• Xander’s Speech Recognition Is Built on Kaldi, the same Opensource Platform Alexa Uses
• Xander Trims Features of Augmented Reality Devices to Focus on It Use Case
• Maybe There’s an Annual $200 Million Market for XanderGlasses
• XanderGlasses Are Certainly Cooler than Hearing Aids (Faint Praise!)
• Xander’s Go to Market Approach
• What If Google Gets into the Business?
• Alex Westner’s Entrepreneurial Journey
• An Easter Egg for Raul
• Alex Westner’s Parting Thoughts

Topics: software, product

Title: Augmented Reality for Hearing Loss