Google
Translate just stepped up their game against Skype as it relates to
Real-Time Voice and Sign Translation.
They
recently updated their Google
Translate App to do translation of signs written in other languages and
also Real-Time Language Translation, eliminating that language barrier as reported
in the article “Google
Translate App Gets Smarter”, published JANUARY 14, 2015 10:00AM EST by
ANGELA MOSCARITOLO, PCWorld.
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So
says their Official Press Release in their official Google blog post entitled “Hallo,
hola, olá to the new, more powerful Google Translate app”, published
Wednesday, January 14, 2015, Google
Official Blog.
Google Translate Real-Time Voice and Sign Translation – Updates target a different market from Skype Translator
This
latest major update to Google
Translate is really just the integration of Word Lens, a company that
Google had purchased back in May 2014 for an undisclosed sum as stated in the
article “Google
buys Word Lens, the app that translates languages with your phone's camera”,
published May 16, 2014 02:50 pm By Chris Welch, the Verge.
The
timing is very close to Microsoft announcement of Skype Translator in December
2014 being made available for download, albeit it mainly works for Spanish and
English as noted in the article “Skype Real-Time Language
Translator Goes Live”, published DECEMBER 15, 2014 12:08PM EST BY ANGELA
MOSCARITOLO, PCWorld.
For
those of my fans, you'd remember that Microsoft had unveiled their Skype
Translator back in May 2014, indicating that they had this product in mind as
per my blog
article entitled “Microsoft
Launches Skype Translator – Star Trek Universal Translator to foster Real-Time
Global Village against WhatsApp”.
Good
to note that these software target two distinctly different markets; Google
Translate is for the Student or Traveller who just too lazy to learn a
language to bridge the language barrier whereas Skype Translator is for Business
Communications over Skype and is not free.
But
this may change, especially as Google can license their Google
Translate Platform to Call centers to enable real time translation of Voice
and IM (Instant Messaging) as I’ve long argued in my blog article
entitled “How
to find work in Jamaica at Call Centers - Make US$ as a Freelance Online
Translator in Spanish or French as Global Outsourcing CEO David Crump isn't
telling the Truth”.
Google Translate
Real-Time Voice and Sign Translation App - 500 million people Served Each Month
Google
Translate seems eager not to be left behind
According
to Google, their App, which available on both Apple iTunes Store and
Google Play Store, is hugely
popular as stated in the article “Google Translate Now Does
Real-Time Voice And Sign Translations On Mobile”, published Jan 14, 2015 by
Jon Russell, TechCrunch and it’s apparent
they want to hold on their current audience:
1. 500
million people use the service each month
2. 1
billion translations made per day
Google
has also improved the speed of Google
Translate App overall while allowing the user to translate signs into their
native language. The Voice Translator only needs you to select the two languages
you wish to speak in.
After
that it recognizes them and actively translates the conversation rapidly and
quickly albeit Google needs to work on the quality of the translation as noted
in the article “Hands-on:
Google Translate Is Now a Way Better Travel Companion”, published Jan. 14,
2015 by Victor Luckerson, TIME.
Currently,
those languages supported by Google
Translate for both the Sign and Voice translation are as follows:
1.
French
2.
German
3.
Italian
4.
Portuguese
5.
Russian
6.
Spanish
Still,
it's early days yet and more languages are yet to be added to the listing.
Hopefully too, they'll improve the Translation quality and add a feature for
translation of phone conversations.
Here’s
the link:
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