Goldstein later discovered that her deaf accent may also not be understood when speaking commands to Google Glass, and that there was no alternate way to input commands through a smart phone or other external device. ![]() I was excited thinking about the possibilities, both professionally and personally.” She writes, “Instant captioning would make my life easier in many respects - for that person who mumbles or has a thick foreign accent, when I miss announcements or other audible information, or when I’m at a venue that doesn’t have captions. She speaks and reads lips, but cannot understand speech without seeing the speaker’s face or reading captions. Profoundly deaf since birth, Goldstein wears a cochlear implant with a corresponding digital hearing aid. ![]() In an article written for Mashable, a popular tech blog, Goldstein shares her odyssey of trying to find out if Google Glass will work with her cochlear implant and see what other features would help to enhance her communication skills. Google Glass is an innovative pair of communication glasses that can show and perform real time I nternet searches, display maps, as well as record and play videos in front of the user’s eyes. ![]() Goldstein, who has a cochlear implant, was invited to be one of the first people to utilize Google Glass, but found out that the cutting edge communications device was not an ideal fit for those with hearing loss.
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