Google’s Next Venture: Universal Translator



It’s not quite Star Trek, but Google is working on instant translation over Android phones. Google wants to pioneer the first smartphone technology to translate foreign languages almost instantly, able to convert spoken words into a different language in real time, and could be on the market in a few years.

…Google wants to pioneer the first smartphone technology to translate foreign languages almost instantly, the search giant told British daily The Times. The technology will be able to convert spoken words into a different language in real time, and could be ready within a few years.
Just as Google Translate converts text in 52 languages, the voice translation service will mimic a human interpreter. To achieve this, Google plans to combine the technology behind its text translation service with a voice recognition system, similar to the one found on Android smartphones.
The idea behind the feature is to allow users to easily communicate in other languages using a smartphone. The system would “listen” to the speaker until it understands the full meaning of the words/phrases and then send it to Google’s servers for translation. The person at the other end of the line would listen to a robotic voice translation and vice versa.
This all sounds good in theory, but it will be some time until we get to use live…

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Google’s Next Venture: Universal Translator

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