Instant Messaging with Language Translation

MeGlobe combines traditional instant messaging (IM) with real-time language translation technology to offer users instantaneous communication across multiple languages.

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Sign-Language Translator

Boston University (BU) researchers are developing a searchable dictionary for sign language, in which any user can enter a gesture into a dictionary's search engine from her own laptop by signing in front of a built-in camera.

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NECs Language interpreter for phones

The company says its software can take words spoken into a phone’s mic and translate both ways between Japanese and English in real time without recourse to a network connection to a server, displaying the result as onscreen text.

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