Summary: National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) unveiled NALscribe AR, a live captioning app designed for Apple Vision Pro’s mixed reality technology to enhance hearing health and communication accessibility.
Takeaways:
- Enhanced Voice Pickup and Accuracy: NALscribe AR utilizes each speaker’s smartphone as a dedicated microphone and captioning device for improved voice pickup and accuracy.
- Spatial Positioning and Attribution: The app offers spatial positioning of captions near each speaker for clear attribution and easy conversation tracking, along with separation of individual talker streams.
- User-Friendly Features: Additional features of the NALScribe AR include flashing caption boxes to indicate new speakers.
National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) introduced a new live captioning app that is designed to be used on Apple Vision Pro’s mixed reality technology and is aimed at enhancing hearing health and communication accessibility.
The live captioning app—NALscribe AR—for Vision Pro features unique capabilities not found in other smartphone or AR captioning apps, the company says.
Key features include:
- Enhanced voice pickup and accuracy by utilizing each speaker’s smartphone as a dedicated microphone and captioning device.
- Spatial positioning of captions near each speaker for clear attribution and easy conversation tracking.
- Separation of individual talker streams
- Additional features, such as flashing caption boxes to indicate new speakers.
NALScribe is a free, easy-to-use live speech captioning tool designed to help people with hearing difficulties understand speech and conversations, aiming to increase understanding and decrease stress levels during communication, the company says.
The spatial computing headset of the Apple Vision Pro includes multiple cameras, precision eye-tracking, spatial audio, and a sophisticated sensor array for a highly immersive experience, according to the company.
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