Military Could Benefit From Universal Translator App
May 3, 2011
According to the Wired.com article “Psst, Military” There’s Already A Universal Translator in the App Store” the US military hopes to get money from Congress to conduct research on the development of a universal translation device for soldiers in the field. “BOLT, the Boundless Operational Language Translation, will be so sophisticated it can understand foreign slang. Robust Automatic Translation of Speech — yes, RATS — will know the difference between speech that needs translating and background noise to discard.”
However, the SpeechTrans App is available on the iPhone and iPad will “record a spoken phrase you want translated, choose your foreign language, and the app will speak it back to you, all while displaying both versions of your text on the screen.” Some might say that it lacks the overall sophistication and advancement of similar army systems but it is an extremely thorough translation program that is ready and available for soldiers to use right now when they need it most.
As an added bonus it costs a mere $19.99. Maybe the army should look in the app store before its next million dollar research project. The Apple App Store claims to have an app for any and everything, and looks like it does. I think online searchers may benefit as well.
April Holmes, May 3, 2011
Freebie
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