My wife has always relied more on context than on my actual spoken words to read me. This seems unusual for a woman who reads more than anyone you know, but there it is. If I say that dinner will be in half an hour, she will ask ten minutes later if dinner is ready - because she sees me setting the table, and that is the stronger cue for her. As I don't expect this to get any better as her hearing gets worse, it occurred to me that a technology which provided closed captions for all our speech might be useful. Women might object to the discomfort of having the words be below their necks, but fine, have what you want. Having my words be visible as well audible sounds great to me.
I do see immediate problems. It might be considered rude to turn it on or off at "wrong" times according to some artificial standard imposed on us by teenagers who are the first adopters. But still, I see great possibilities here, especially for my audience friends.
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With a caption board would there be more complaints of "My eyes are up here"?
That's what I was hinting at, yes.
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