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Re: Universal Translator

Or how about an array of mikes along ones shoulders and use beamforming to
"point" the beam pattern in any direction...I guess the gain won't be too
hot compared to that of a directed gun mike, but you don't need to
physically turn the mikes. 

On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Tristram W. Metcalfe III wrote:

>  wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Alex Feinman wrote:
> >
> > Quick non-tech problem: it would probably look very impolite (not to
> > mention rather silly) to point at the person's mouth whenever they start
> > speaking.  Having this, say, on the back of the hand, with an easy way to
> > turn it on or off, would probably work nicely and unobtrusively.
> >
> 
> Here's one of the many uses for your HMD (in this excellant value of WCs),, to target the
> mouth you select to listen to, either with a display's cross hairs or just know the target
> coordinates of the presighted and tested gun mic worn some where above your neck facing near
> the field of view. The voice may be to your far peripheral vision enabling the tracking of a
> voice that may not be exactly where you're looking. (this ability will remain valued, even
> after many years of voice recognition improvements, for the "cocktail party" syndrome in
> understanding people in a situatuation where everyone becomes handicapped with a level of
> deafness, i.e. use just for translating blab,blah,bluh to your language).
> The psychology factor's in 'face to face' may also mean need for quick adjustable orienting
> of the mic with out losing track of it in your hmd.
> 
> .02
> tris
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