Smartphones Will Soon Have Voice To Voice Translation By Google
Until now Google had text translation service on computers which would convert the text written in one language to another language. For instance, if you write something in English, using the Google text translator facility you could convert it into Spanish. Any of the 52 lanuages in the Google list, for that matter.
Also, in the past Google introduced Voice Search application. This system allows the user to search the web using one’s voice. And now Google is planning to include both these properties i.e. speech recognition and text translation, and apply it on Smartphones. case you are still not clear, Google is aiming at Voice-to-Voice translation facility. If a user talks in English and wishes that the message is received at the other end in German, this Voice-to-Voice service will do that for you and translate the speaker’s English into the receiver’s German.
And this has been affirmed by the Google’s Head of Translation service, Franz Och. He has confirmed that his team is working on this voice to voice translation help on Smartphones.
To us it certainly seems like the first of its kind technology. No, its not. Sometime back A Gulf company; Sakhr has already developed this technology and has already offered their service to Smartphone companies like iPhone and Blackberry. But their service extends only up to translation from Arabic to English and English to Arabic. You may like to watch the video under this post on OnlyGizmos.Com- Google Working On Voice-To-Voice Translation For Smartphones.
The service may take some time, and will be ready probably in a year’s time. A voice-to-voice translation on Smartphone would take the communication industry a step higher. But let’s wait and see how many languages Google Voice-to-Voice translator will translate- 52 languages like Google text translator or more languages than that. Only time and Google can tell.