All you need do is launch the $25 app, speak into your iPhone microphone, and the translation is played over the speaker (and shown in text on the iPhone’s screen).
We think this system’s going to be extended into other languages, and while it’s clearly not going to help you navigate the complete linguistic lexicon, we suspect it’s a sign of applications to come, which in future could enable better communication between people, whatever their foreign language ability.
On the iPhone 3GS, the app will translate both languages at once (so you can talk naturally to one another), while earlier model iPhone users must choose which direction they want translation done.
It carries a dictionary of 40,000 words, and performs best if limited to one or two sentences at a time.
Quite overwhelmed at how this advanced technology can be held inside a multi-use device that fits inside your pocket. It’s promising, we think.
Fri, 10/30/2009 - 9:11am — Not that a noob (not verified)
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F**K! How can that be so accurate? It didn't miss anything! I wish they could make one of those to translate German to English, but I guess it's impossible because german seems untranslatable…
I think the babelfish WILL happen in our lifetimes!
WOW
That's truly groundbreaking.
The technologies have converged at the right time, decent voice recognition, great flexible portable device, speed of processors, quality of microphone pick ups etc, amazing.
Just wait to see the fun when you take this to Mexico and you ask "I like Mother Teresa" and it says "I want to see your mother undress". Oh boy! Just don't use this thing when talking to any Mexican drug lords.
That is fantastic! Very helpful when you are in a foreign country of course! Hopefully they will soon come with more languages...!
One more reason to buy an iPhone xD (still to expensive for me tho... :(
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F**K! How can that be so
F**K! How can that be so accurate? It didn't miss anything! I wish they could make one of those to translate German to English, but I guess it's impossible because german seems untranslatable…
I think the babelfish WILL
I think the babelfish WILL happen in our lifetimes!
WOW
That's truly groundbreaking.
The technologies have converged at the right time, decent voice recognition, great flexible portable device, speed of processors, quality of microphone pick ups etc, amazing.
It's a universal
It's a universal translator!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_translator
A century ahead of schedule according to Star Trek :)
But when it messes up - WOW!!!
Just wait to see the fun when you take this to Mexico and you ask "I like Mother Teresa" and it says "I want to see your mother undress". Oh boy! Just don't use this thing when talking to any Mexican drug lords.
German now please!!!!!! I
German now please!!!!!! I already know Spanglish.. I mean Spanish.
Umm... is that one hand.. ?
Umm... is that one hand.. ? How many fingers ?... creepy..
Yo si hablo español.
Por suerte yo hablo español como lengua madre… :P
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... from last April:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/194623
That is fantastic! Very
That is fantastic! Very helpful when you are in a foreign country of course! Hopefully they will soon come with more languages...!
One more reason to buy an iPhone xD (still to expensive for me tho... :(
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