Oct 13, 2011 at 2:29pm ET by Danny Sullivan

In January, Google Translate for Android gained "Conversation Mode," a way to speak into your phone and have it speak back in a different language. Today, Google's expanded the number of languages supported. Originally, the tool only supported English-to-Spanish translation (or vice versa). Now, Google says 14 languages in all are covered: Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. The announcement comes a day before the iPhone 4S will be arriving to the public, with its vaunted Siri spok [...]

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Google Translate iPhone app: A Small Glimpse at the Future Of Search

Feb 8, 2011 at 3:00pm ET by Vanessa Fox

A question I get asked all the time is "what's the future of search?" Everyone wants to know what's coming next. I mostly tend to answer that search has become so ubiquitous that it's becoming part of nearly everything we do and we probably won't always recognize the future of search as "search". Urban Spoon's iPhone app that uses your geographic location and a quick shake to suggest a restaurant doesn't require you to type anything at all and yet it's a great restaurant search. Google Goggles lets you just point your phone at something (a landmark, a book cover...) and serves up great searc [...]

Video: Google Translate Beatbox

Nov 30, 2010 at 9:27am ET by Barry Schwartz

The web is buzzing about how you can use Google Translate to make a neat beatbox. This came via Reddit and all you need to do is go to Google Translate, set the settings to translate from German and to German. Then copy and paste the following text and hit "listen." pv zk pv pv zk pv zk kz zk pv pv pv zk pv zk zk pzk pzk pvzkpkzvpvzk kkkkkk bsch Here is a video demo of the beatbox in action: eekosystem noted that HackerNews documented a rudiment/instrument notation guide for Google Translate. Here it is: zk = suspended cymbal bschk = snare pv = brush bk = bass tk = flam1 [...]

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Google Translate Adds Latin, Google Renews Flu Search, & Adds Languages To Video Alerts

Oct 11, 2010 at 9:19am ET by Barry Schwartz

Google announced a few new small features added recently. (1) Google Translate added Latin as a new language. Google said, "although considered a “dead language” by many, Latin is still studied by hundreds of thousands of students worldwide and is the predecessor to many modern tongues." I am sure those who study in this language welcome it to Google Translate. (2) Google has updated their flu shot location search in collaboration with the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS). The flu season is right around the corner and it might pay for you to get your shot earl [...]

Related Topics: Google: Alerts | Google: Health | Google: Translate

Google Translate Conversation Mode

Sep 29, 2010 at 9:15am ET by Barry Schwartz

The Google Operating System blog posted a demonstration by Google of a new Google Translate feature. The feature will be available on Android phones in the next few months and it is named Google Translate Conversations. The video demo below shows how one person is talking English to another person, who responds in German. The app works where you talk in one language to the app, the app then converts it to a desired language verbally over speaker phone, then the other person speaks his/her language back into the phone and the app translates that back in your language verbally over speaker [...]

Related Topics: Google: Mobile | Google: Translate

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