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Microsoft TechFest is an opportunity for developers and researchers to preview some pretty oddball technology advances, but one of the more down to earth applications might just revolutionize the way international business meetings are conducted. The new "Microsoft Translating Telephone" allows users to communicate in different languages, and experience voice to text translation on the fly.
A representative from Cnet attending the conference claims they were able to comfortably carry on a normal conversation with a second party in German, and while it wasn't perfect, it looked pretty darn close. No announcements were made on when if ever this would become available to the public, but clearly it addresses a pretty important need.
If they could wrap this up into a nice tidy little application for Windows Phone 7 I dare say they would have the killer app for mobile business professionals who would suddenly find themselves able to order a beer in any language.
The Translating Telephone is tied in my books with the Air Guitar for best TechFest tech demo. Which one are you rooting for?
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VoodooChicken
May 10, 2010 at 11:05am
http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2010/01/better-off-ted-lust-in-translation.html
I miss Better Off Ted.
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Look behind you! A THREE-headed monkey!!!!!!!!
Keith E. Whisman
May 09, 2010 at 3:30pm
When can we expect to get our hands on Ear impregnated Universal Translators? The UT will work in real time blocking out alien speech only letting the wearer hear English or whatever his native tongue may be. It actively translates.
This phone gadget just sucks. I want a device that was thought up back in the 1960's. The UT.
IFLATLINEI
May 09, 2010 at 9:37am
This is so we can finally understand their tech support people and vice versa.
