Review: Toshiba works on instant voice translation software for cell phones

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Review: Toshiba works on instant voice translation software for cell phones

Posted by admin on Jan 6th, 2010 // No Comment

Makes sense, but it is proving difficult to realize: The use of mobile phone for instant voice translation of basic sentences when you are in a foreign country. However, Toshiba is one of the companies working on this, and apparently it is almost ready to offer a decent solution.

His translation software in its current iteration, allows cell phones to interpret between English, Chinese and Japanese. Toshiba says that the database used in its smartphone TG01 “” (pictured above), for example, has a database of 30,000 words in each of these languages. Toshiba optimizes existing PC software for use in mobile phones, which obviously have less processing power.

All users need do is talk on the phone at any of the three languages, allow the phone to analyze what he said, translating the phrase and say aloud in the desired language using the inflections of a native speaker. The solution requires users to be online, which is ideal for tourists who travel abroad.

Toshiba says it was exactly this target group in mind when developing the software, saying it is able to cover about 70% of travel on simple conversations. The company aims to offer a practical version of the programs within this year.

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