Real-Time Translators

With the rise of international business along with the advancement of modern technologies, real-time translating services have been gaining in popularity. Real-time translators usually come in the form of applications for smart phones but are starting to become available for land-lines as well. They offer the user a selection of languages and as a voice conversation takes place, the application will translate what the user is saying in real time to which ever language is desired.

A French based company Alcatel-Lucent, will be releasing a translator for landline based phones called WeTalk. The service will be marketed predominantly toward businesses. It will offer translations of over twelve languages. They are currently working on technology that will be able to simultaneously translate multiple languages during multinational conference calls.

DTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest mobile phone service provider just announced the release of their Mobile Translator service. DoCoMo’s app will be for Android based Smartphones and will use DoCoMo’s cloud for computing power. This enables the app to run on almost any Android capable phone. The translator will offer English, Mandarin, and Korean to start out with, adding seven additional languages next month. As each participant in the conversation speaks, the conversation is translated into both text and audio.The intent behind these inventions is to broaden the user’s ability to communicate. These applications are soon to make a very large impact on the way in which companies conduct international business.

Several firms within the U.S., including Apple and Google are working on their own versions of real-time translators. Here at TechFarmer, we are always keeping an eye out for the latest trending technologies. It will be interesting to test these products and see the accuracy of the translation.