> Hello all > > I have been reading this list for a while, and last night a lovely idea > popped into my head, and I figured to ask you about the fesability <sp?> > so here goes: > > There are copys of dragon dictate or such for other languages that, with > a small directional mike would not be that hard to pipe the speech of > someone that you don't speak the language of very well into a text > file. this file could then go through a translator ( I know that netscape > has a decent one) and then a text reader program (MacTalk or the Amiga > Voice) could output that text into your ear of a litte bud headphone. The > reverse could be piped through your throat mike into a small speaker on > placed on your shoulder, or in your jacket or what ever. I know the > inflection would be lost, but I think that it would be a rather usefull > addition to the wearables of those who travel abroad, and can't afford a > translator. Well, its an interesting idea, but it poses some serious problems; One, for Dragon Naturally Speaking, they'd have to talk directly into the microphone at a distance of about 6 inches, and the background noise would have to be kept at a minimum; Also, you'd need to lead a different 'speech pack' for each language, as languages have differing vowel sounds and consonants from ours that would be misrecognised. .Now, the reverse way, where it translates *your* words, perhaps puts them on a little Matrix Orbital LCD, sounds actually quite usable. The mike is close enough, it would be trained to your voice, and you could either have translation software or pipe the text through Babelfish if you have a net connection. -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.ml.org
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