1 . Ren Yamin, an entrepreneur who has been deaf since birth, is using technology to make communication for the hearing impaired easier than ever before through the smart glasses — using artificial intelligence and cloud technology to translate voice into text and project it onto lenses.
The idea for the glasses first came to Ren while he was studying at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2005. However, it was not until after his studies that he could begin bringing his idea to life. While working at a tech company called Integrine, Ren learned a great deal about cloud computing and AT technology. Upon leaving the company and establishing Seeing Voice, Ren launched a cloud platform based on AI and deep learning technologies in 2018 called 40DADOW.
With money coming in from angel investors, Ren said the next stage for his company would be raw material purchase and expansion. A classmate from the University of Science and Technology of China, Zhou Hui, who works as a vice-president at a Fortune 500 company, has provided the parts to make the glasses.
At a recent event held in Toronto, Canada, all 100 of Ren’s prototype glasses sold out. “What I need is not wealth, but to help Chinese who can barely hear,” Ren said, who achieved more success after selling up his company Seeing Voice in the Shanxi Transition and Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone in Taiyuan, capital of the province. The company began selling the smart glasses last June, and according to its development plan, production bases covering 5. 33 hectares will be put into operation by the end of 2021.
In the next five years, Seeing-Voice will provide 500 jobs and is projected to generate $ 2. 86 million in tax revenue after 2023, local media reported.
1. What can we learn about Ren from the passage?| A．A sudden accident resulted in Ren’s deafness. |
| B．Ren put his idea into use: when he was at university. |
| C．Ren got down to developing the glasses the moment he resigned. |
| D．Ren had a good command of AI knowledge when studying at university. |
| A．Only at the end of 2021 can the smart glasses be purchased on the market. |
| B．Ren makes the smart glasses totally on his own. |
| C．The purpose of the entrepreneur is to achieve more success by making profit. |
| D．The future application of the smart glasses is promising. |
| A．Ren Yamin — an entrepreneur developed Seeing Voice. |
| B．Smart glasses — Ren’s remarkable invention making voices “heard”. |
| C．40 DADOW — a cloud platform based on AI. |
| D．Seeing Voice — a successful company earned lots of money. |
| A．A culture column. | B．A fictional story. |
| C．A news report. | D．A fashion magazine. |
