Learning Spanish
 

Don't bother

Skype app to offer simultaneous translation during video calls | In English | EL PAÍS

Re: Learning Spanish
 

Great. So next time I'm in the shop and wanting to talk to the salesperson, I'll hand them a phone and then dial its number!

You would need to do this Fred so that you can ensure both phones have skype installed.

Re: Learning Spanish
 

Marvellous technology

Re: Learning Spanish
 

I would imagine if this is successful then shortly someone will develope an app that allows only one phone to be used.

I.E. you talk into it in English, press a button and hand it over to the other person who listens and replies in a language of their choice.

Re: Learning Spanish
 

Have you experienced Bing? It's based on Bing ...and therefore will be useless. I'm sure one day it will be possible but for now, probably better to learn a bit of the lingo.

Re: Learning Spanish
 

Update

Google Translate adds instant voice and sign translation

Brazilian Otavio Good puts his smartphone on the table, presses a button and says a few words in his native Portuguese. Russian speaker Barak Turovsky, who is sitting across from him, waits a few seconds, and then hears a voice repeat the same words in his own tongue, to which he responds; his reply is in turn translated in the same robotic tones into Portuguese.

The colleagues, who normally use English to communicate, work for Google Translate on a language recognition project, and wanted to personally demonstrate their tool’s capabilities.

The technology is similar to what Skype unveiled a month ago, but the translating takes place in the same room; it doesn’t work in video conferences but in the real world, with two people present. It is not a new application, neither is it a service. In theory, it is simply an update of Google Translate, but could prove very useful in a variety of situations.

Google Translate adds instant voice and sign translation | In English | EL PAÍS