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Nov 9, 2005

From Time Magazine

Cross Talk

IBM's Multilingual Automatic Speech-to-Speech Translator (MASTOR) program recognizes spoken English, Mandarin and a bit of Spanish and Arabic, and can translate the languages in real time. By using the MASTOR program on a Pocket PC, two people who speak different languages can have a conversation. Although in its infancy, the software is in pilot programs. Systems featuring MASTOR may crop up... See more
From Time Magazine

Cross Talk

IBM's Multilingual Automatic Speech-to-Speech Translator (MASTOR) program recognizes spoken English, Mandarin and a bit of Spanish and Arabic, and can translate the languages in real time. By using the MASTOR program on a Pocket PC, two people who speak different languages can have a conversation. Although in its infancy, the software is in pilot programs. Systems featuring MASTOR may crop up at airports, banks and hospitals in the next few years.


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AWa (X)
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Standard situations... Nov 9, 2005

The examples given (airport, bank, hospital) usually include a limited number of phrases, e.g.,concerning check-in, opening an account or telling where it hurts, that can be stored in and "translated" by a computer system. As for real time translation of lectures or of a normal conversation covering several topics and switching between them spontaneously: I don't think computers will be able to that take over soon.
 
Timothy Barton
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Not new technology per se Nov 9, 2005

Just a combination of voice recognition and automated translation. The problem is, voice recognition recquires training, which I can't see people taking time to do in the airport, and even then needs proofreading; and as for automated translation, we're all aware of how unreliable that is.
 


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