Angel Invest Boston Alex Westner, Sound Technologist & Founder - Augmented Reality for Hearing Loss
Jan 4, 2023
48:20
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