Google breaks the language barrier by adding automatic language translation to Gmail

The technology giant is rolling out a new feature to all Gmail users over the next days that will make email communication with those who speak a different language much easier. Using the new feature, when a Gmail user receives an email in a foreign la…

US Army Selects Voci™ to Prototype Automated Language Recognition System

Voci’s Language Identification Technologies to Enhance Automated Speech-to-Speech Language Translation.Voci™ Technologies Inc. has announced that it has been selected by the United States Army to develop a prototype system to perform language ide…

Google Translate marks sixth anniversary with more than 200 million users

Google has announced that its popular language translator service Google Translate now boasts 200 million monthly users, many of whom are accessing it outside the U.S. and via mobile devices.Six years ago Google first announced their approach to statis…

Amazon Kindle Touch update includes landscape and translation modes

E-reader’s update version 5.1 includes a landscape reading option, support for more languages, and a new instant translation feature Amazon has just announced an update to its Amazon Kindle Touch 5.1 OS. The new firmware allows you to quickly and eas…

9th International Workshop on Spoken Language Translation

Annual scientific workshop offers the opportunity to evaluate, develop and test speech recognition and machine translation technologyThe International Workshop on Spoken Language Translation (IWSLT) is a yearly scientific workshop, associated with an o…

Human Beings: the ultimate and essential language translation tools

While machine translation may increase productivity by providing systematic and quick translation turnaround times, only humans can ascertain the suitability of a translation for a particular audience or culture.With the increasing popularity and acces…

DARPA awards $13.7 million grant to support Chinese auto-translation research

Grant will support the improvement of language translation applications crucial for the development of future Sino-American relationsAs the United States and China move forward in both collaboration and competition, the ability to communicate becomes e…

An Olympic Translator for the 2012 Summer Games

BYU professor develops translation app for use this year during the London Olympic GamesYou may have heard that London will host the 2012 Olympic Games this summer, and as such it will become the temporary home of ambassadors, athletes and spectators f…

What’s hot? How about Transfire, the appropriately named iPhone App that’s burning up the language barrier

Introducing the world’s first real-time translation app for instant messaging and chatHave you ever wanted to chat or send an instant message and have it automatically translated into a foreign language on the other end? Well, now you can thanks to T…

Microsoft takes voice recognition to a new level

New software synthesizes speech in a foreign language, but in a voice that mimics yoursThe day may soon come when not being able to speak in a foreign language may be a thing of the past. Researchers at Microsoft have developed cutting edge software th…