• Jimbabwe
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    6 hours ago

    This picture is something else with satirical text imposed on it, yeah? Measuring CO2 or something? Why wouldn’t you just type? Why does the mask cover the nose? It’s not plugged into his laptop, so maybe a specialized device offscreen? The small office/work area doesn’t fit the vibe.

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      5 hours ago

      Yeah, I think it’s just one of those gamer isolation masks (or a weird stenography mask).

      you put your mic inside it but it muffles the sound from the rest of the room. Some people use them as steno masks, or just to be polite while in the office and you’re in a bunch of meetings or similar. They’ve been around for ages, they got really popular during covid.

      They might be using it for text-to-speech, but it’s a product that’s existed for years for use with text to speech so it’s not particularly a sign of the times.

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      It does look like a stenomask, but the over the nose thing is different. I don’t know why you wouldn’t just type. Maybe it dampens the screaming.

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      6 hours ago

      no, while I doubt that the caption is accurate as to what it is being used for, that is definitely a microphone inside the mask.

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        I looks like an XLR connector, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a mic.