![]() ![]() Techies will recognize this device as the fictional Babelfish creature in “ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy“. Voice to Voice Language TranslationĮxperienced travelers would probably agree that the most appealing translation device would be a discreet earpiece that lets you understand whatever language is being spoken around you in real-time. Let’s see how close we are to a translator for all languages. The size of the language technology industry is estimated at $30.96 billion, so consequently there are a number of startups that want to place translation technology in the hands of the man on the street. The technology could come as an application or a combination of application and device. Real-time translation technology simply means that the technology allows a voice in one language to be translated into a voice in a second language within seconds after talking. Whatever solution we use would ideally handle all languages to make things easy. Unlike text on a web page which is easy to translate given the amount of localization most websites have, spoken language does not come with a drop down list of languages we can translate into. A device that translates our spoken words for another person to hear ( ideally a smartphone emitting our spoken words in the desired language).A device that can translate in real-time what people are saying to us ( ideally an earpiece).In order to travel with no language barriers, we could just stop being lazy bastrds and learn the local language or we could try to find a translator for all languages. ![]() With some of our writers based in Asia, we’re also familiar with how much fun it is to live in a country where you don’t speak the language, you can’t read the writing, and at best you might find someone who speaks mediocre Engrish. We’re an eclectic group of writers here at Nanalyze, and a fair number of us enjoy traveling around the planet while writing about technology investing. ![]()
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