BabelFish-translation for a global audience
I talk you listen! Google are taking their Babelfish program one step further by combining translation and speech recognition software technology and incorporating both in their Android mobile phone operating system.
Babelfish as most ITphiles may be aware is Googles Translation software service which translates multiple languages but is currently only available as a written translation service and now Google are seeking to extend this service by taking the next evolutionary step by using voice recognition software to provide a speech to speech translation service.
Although requiring additional R&D and some years in the future with undoubted technical hurdles to overcome, Google are convinced and see this as a realistic objective. We may yet see Babelfones come to pass in a relatively short period of time offering a flexible translation service to a global customer base and marking yet another milestone in Convergence Technology.
