Does LumaGlasses translation work well in noisy places?

Busy street is where mine starts struggling. I had to repeat myself a few times and even then it grabbed the wrong word once. Fine for a quiet cafe but I would not rely on it for a crowded market or anything loud.

I’ve worn mine in a packed train station during rush hour and honestly it did better than I expected. I’m not saying it was flawless, but I didn’t have to repeat myself nearly as much as I thought I would. The person I was talking to had a pretty thick accent too, which I figured would be the real problem, but the app caught most of it.

The one time it really struggled was when there was construction going on right behind us. That was a lost cause, but I think any device would have had trouble with that. A busy cafe or street with people talking and traffic noise? Mine handled it okay. I just made sure to speak a bit slower and face the other person more directly.

I see people complaining about background noise a lot, but my experience has been that it’s more about how you use it than the glasses themselves. If you mumble or talk at a normal indoor volume in a loud place, yeah, you’re going to have issues. But if you adjust a little, it works well enough. I wouldn’t call it perfect, but I also wouldn’t say it’s useless outside of quiet rooms.

I’ve used mine in some pretty loud spots and it’s been fine for me. I think mine handles it better than a lot of people seem to be saying here. I’ve had a couple of hiccups, but nothing that made me want to stop using them.

For me it kind of depends on what kind of noise it is. Music or people chatting in the background doesn’t seem to throw it off as much as random street sounds like honking or construction. I’ve had it miss a word here and there but not enough to make me stop using it in those spots.

Mine’s been fine in busy spots too, actually. I used it at a train platform with announcements blaring and it still caught the other person well enough. I think the mic just focuses on whoever’s talking closest.

I’ve used mine in a couple of situations where I figured it would just give up, like walking through a market with people talking over each other, and it managed to keep up as long as the person I was talking to wasn’t mumbling. It’s not perfect, but I didn’t have to repeat myself nearly as much as I expected. I think the open ear design actually helps since it’s not trying to block out everything else.

The closer and clearer the person speaks, the better it does, but I wouldn’t say it’s flawless in total chaos. I’ve had decent luck in a busy restaurant, but there have been times where I’ve had to lean in and repeat something. It’s not a dealbreaker for me, but I wouldn’t rely on it for a super important conversation in a crowd.