Real Time Conversation With Google Translate
Google Translate for Android smartphones offers a unique and compelling new capability. This beta feature, called Conversation Mode, makes it possible to carry out a person-to-person conversation and have the Android device translate and speak each piece of the conversation on the fly. This new conversation model feature only works for conversations between English and Spanish speakers, though the main Google Translate app supports a wide range of languages for standard phrase-by-phrase translat
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Currently, Google Translate is only available for smartphone's or mobile devices that are based on the Android operating system. The Google Translate app can be found in the main Android Market, where the free app can be downloaded and installed. Using Google Translate is as simple as firing up the application on your Android device. The app won't work offline so your Android device will need some form of Internet connection, either a Wi-Fi connection or a 3G connection. In tests, both worked well. To start a conversation in Google Translate, first set the translations to English and Spanish (which are the only languages currently supported in Conversation Mode), and then simply press the microphone icon next to the text input field and begin speaking. Google Translate will convert the phrase into a digital waveform and show a potential translation.
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After Google Translate converts the spoken phrase and displays a potential translation in the app's standard display, it will also show an option at the bottom of the screen to move to Conversation Mode.
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In Conversation Mode, the standard interface of Google Translate is replaced by a new interface that shows each part of the conversation in a dialog bubble, and shows the original phrase and the translated phrase. Clicking the respond bubble continues the conversation.
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In Conversation Mode, after a phrase is spoken, the app gives the speaker the opportunity to see the speech to text translation and make sure it is correct before translating the phrase and playing it for the other speaker.
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If the speech to text translation was incorrect, the speaker can choose Incorrect and then manually type the proper phrase that will be translated.
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Throughout the conversation, Google Translate's Conversation Mode constantly shows the spoken phrases both in the original language and in the translated language.
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While the new Conversation Mode currently only supports English and Spanish, the main Google Translate app itself can manually translate phrases in a very wide assortment of languages.
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While the new Conversation Mode currently only supports English and Spanish, the main Google Translate app itself can manually translate phrases in a very wide assortment of languages.
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Currently, Google Translate is only available for smartphone's or mobile devices that are based on the Android operating system. The Google Translate app can be found in the main Android Market, where the free app can be downloaded and installed. Using Google Translate is as simple as firing up the application on your Android device. The app won't work offline so your Android device will need some form of Internet connection, either a Wi-Fi connection or a 3G connection. In tests, both worked well. To start a conversation in Google Translate, first set the translations to English and Spanish (which are the only languages currently supported in Conversation Mode), and then simply press the microphone icon next to the text input field and begin speaking. Google Translate will convert the phrase into a digital waveform and show a potential translation.
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