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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VSGM" data-source="post: 5814143" data-attributes="member: 43384">Smart spectacles aid translation <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46672000/jpg/_46672256_sub-afp226.jpg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Spectacles that can provide subtitles have been created by hi-tech firm NEC.Resembling glasses but lacking lenses, the headset uses a tiny projector to display images on a user's retina.NEC said it planned a version that used real-time translation to provide subtitles for a conversation between people lacking a common language.The firm said the gadget, dubbed Tele Scouter, was intended for sales people or employees dealing with inquiries from customers.NEC said the Tele Scouter was intended to be a business tool that could aid sales staff who would have information about a client's buying history beamed into their eye during a conversation.But, it said, it could also be put to a more exotic use as a translation aid. In this scenario the microphone on the headset picks up the voices of both people in a conversation, pipes it through translation software and voice-to-text systems and then sends the translation back to the headset.At the same time as a user hears a translation, they would also get text subtitles beamed onto the retina."You can keep the conversation flowing," NEC spokesman Takayuki Omino told AFP at a Tokyo trade show where the device was unveiled.Mr Omino said the system could also be used for confidential talks that would be compromised by the use of a human translator.NEC said the Tele Scouter would be launched in Japan in November, 2010 but would initially lack the translation feature. A version that can provide subtitles would follow in 2011, it said.When it goes on sale, a batch of 30 headsets will cost about 7.5m yen (£50,000). The cost does not include the price of the translation tools and software. Add me some REP++ <img src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203FC.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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