London's Hairspray Performance Gets Live Captions In Eight Languages
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Cambridge Consultants, a technology development company, has unveiled a device called AirScript, which allows theatre audiences to read live captions of a performance in 8 different languages. The developers of AirScript hope that their gadget will encourage more tourists to visit theatres as understanding a performance will hardly remain a problem anymore. AirScript receives captions through a WiFi connection that scroll throughout the live performance. It also comes...
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