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

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