Google's Translate App for Android is now equipped to converse a plethora of languages now.Google,whose translation services are used in text translations or speech to text translations had implemented a testing feature which involves speech to speech translations from English to Spanish & Vice Versa.
With the latest update it received on Thursday the app can now translate 14 different spoken languages.The list of languages which can be translated from & to includes English & Spanish in addition to Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Russian and Turkish.
“Mobile technology and the web have made it easier for people around the world to access information and communicate with each other,” product manager Jeff Chin said in a blog posting. “But there’s still a daunting obstacle: the language barrier. We’re trying to knock down that barrier so everyone can communicate and connect more easily.”
Although the the speech translate is still in its alpha stage which is also rendered helpless at times due to the noise & accent issues.Google is expected to release a Beta version for testing pretty soon.Another cool feature in Speech translate is a new feature which enables the user to hear what it thought it heard before it translates.This feature will not only avoid mistakes but will also deal with the issue of Malapropism for a while.Incase you didn't know,the text-to-text translate works for 63 countries,the speech to text works for 17 languages,the text to speech in 24 languages where as the latest speech to speech in 14 languages.Way to Go Google!
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