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Hey everyone,

I’m considering Mentra Live for a private accessibility-related prototype and wanted to ask about the current developer experience before ordering.

Main questions:

1. Can third-party MentraOS apps request camera photos on demand?

2. Can apps access microphone input or speech-to-text results?

3. Can apps play audio or TTS through the glasses speakers?

4. Can apps send captured data to their own backend APIs?

5. Does image/audio data pass through Mentra servers, or can it stay between the glasses/phone and the developer’s backend?

6. Can apps be tested privately without publishing to the store?

7. Is repeated capture practical, or is the current SDK better for occasional single-shot interactions?

8. Any battery, latency, thermal, or rate-limit limitations developers should know about?

I’m also curious about privacy/data flow for third-party apps, especially around camera/audio/location permissions.

Has anyone built with the camera + mic/STT + speaker/TTS stack yet? Is Mentra Live ready enough for serious prototyping?

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