Google Translate for Android translates speech in real-time [video]

By on Jan 13, 2011 at 7:03 PM
mobile January 13, 2011

This… is awesome. Google on Wednesday announced a new version of its Google Translate app for Android devices. There are several changes in the new build, but one in particular has the Internet buzzing — and rightfully so. The app now features a Conversation Mode that will record speech and quickly translate it into a language of your choosing. Meaning, should you find yourself abroad, a local can speak his or her native tongue and your Android phone will translate for you in real-time. What’s more, you can speak your response in your own native language and the Google Translate app will translate your words into the target language and read them aloud to your new friend. This new version of Google Translate is available in the Android Market immediately for devices running Android 2.1 and above. And, of course, it’s free. Hit the break for a video of Googlers demonstrating the feature on stage a few months ago, and another up close and personal video demo from a user.

[Via Gizmodo]

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  • http://twitter.com/apdcgt greentea

    awesome…. now i just need to go on a trip

    • Anonymous

      You must not live in So Cal lol, I could use that thing almost every day… I see signs and billboards in about half a dozen languages on the regular.. Lots of foreigners out here

  • Anonymous

    I, for one, welcome our foreign language speaking overlords

  • AKGrown

    I have this downloaded and tried it. I didn’t hardly work at all for my language. Hopefully it works better for you Spanish speakers.

    • Anonymous

      What’s your language??

  • Bringit

    Does it work with Ork?

  • Anonymous

    sweet, hope they get chinese, japanese, and italian.

  • translateThis

    ok, so google has had their translate app for a while now, and they have text to speech and speech recognition on their android phones, so why is everyone so excited about this? it only works for englishspanish too. wow. and real-time? interesting definition of real-time…

    • https://me.yahoo.com/a/J7Mg.aBrt_zUZAONR5KHn_om4dCMew--#37f81 indio7777

      Tell ya what…when blogs stop posting articlese about Apple’s inclusion of a feature called “Find my Friends” which is about as late as Alf reruns, then you can start questioning why conversational ‘real time’ discussions in foreign languages ON YOUR PHONE is ‘so exciting’.

      Seriously?

      GTFO

  • http://twitter.com/endlessct9a John C.

    Downloaded it, works okay.. but the text to speech didn’t work at all (makes you download an add on app). FAIL. Uninstalled both.

  • Itay

    That’s not realtime.

    Realtime is translation as you speak…

    Not after you’ve finished speaking.
    Not after it’s recorded everything and sent it to the google servers and got the reply back.

    Real time is like having a phone conversation, where each side is speaking in his own native language and there is no apparent lag.

  • RetroDude

    For the price of roaming data it would be cheaper for Sven the interpreter.

  • Ariel Levy

    I have Always wanted to know what my Indian/Paki Cab Drive is talking about!! Sweeeeeet.

  • silby

    It appears that this app wants access to your contact information and to be able to read SMS. Now why would this app need to be able to do either of these activities?

  • http://twitter.com/j_nathaniel Jason

    I have never seen that second image on my phone with this application installed. It is VERY convenient but I haven’t found anything real-time about it.

  • http://twitter.com/j_nathaniel Jason

    I have never seen that second image on my phone with this application installed. It is VERY convenient but I haven’t found anything real-time about it.

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