Alex Westner, Sound Technologist & Founder - Augmented Reality for Hearing Loss

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