New Microsoft Tech Translates Speech in Near Real Time

[exfileme]

We're one step closer to a universal translator thanks to the efforts of Microsoft Research.

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[nieur]

now this is some real innovation

 

[GoldenI]

Very fascinating. It will be interesting to see the progress of this technology.

 

[viper666]

Oh Star Trek how you helped innovation...

 

[hoofhearted]

Will be like in that movie "The Last Starfighter"

 

[fuzzion]

[citation][nom]viper666[/nom]Oh Star Trek how you helped innovation...[/citation]

They gave us the tablet, pc, universal translator, stun gun,etc

 

[guru_urug]

This is really good innovation. Please don't ruin it fighting over patents. Let the whole world reap the benefits. Speech translation has global applications

 

[jkflipflop98]

[citation][nom]fuzzion[/nom]They gave us the tablet, pc, universal translator, stun gun,etc[/citation]

Let's not get carried away here. There's a huge gulf between painting a wooden block to look like a stun gun and actually making one. Yeah, ST had ideas ahead of it's time, but that's all they were. . . ideas and grown men playing pretend.

It took an actual smart guy to make those things real.

 

[noblerabbit]

Knowing Microsoft, When someone speaks to translate: 'I fed my dog this morning' , the fifth language at the end of the line will say: 'You kicked my cat tomorrow, you assclown'

 

[swimomatic]

Cannot wait! Now put it in my Windows Phone and in my car and I'm sold!

 

[friskiest]

Its good to see innovation being treated the right way,. its getting appreciated by both sides with no bashing or pointless remarks!

Good job!!!

 

[bllue]

I hope this isn't hampered by the likes of Apple and their lawsuits. This is true innovation, the kind that will benefit greatly to everyone around the world.

 

[house70]

This is great. Congrats. Hope to see it out there soon.

 

[f-14]

the XBOX8 might have this when you are playing call of duty24: retired soldier battle of the nursing home so you can call that egyptian you just pwnd an old dirty toothless gasey camel spitting noob

but it's a console so that's kind of iffy.

 

[wiyosaya]

[citation][nom]guru_urug[/nom]This is really good innovation. Please don't ruin it fighting over patents. Let the whole world reap the benefits. Speech translation has global applications[/citation]
Because Star Trek gave us the concept of the universal translator, a universal translator could never be patented - at least in the US. Any device described or shown in fictional media instantly becomes unpatentable. Another example is Dick Tracey's video phone watch. If anyone realizes such a watch in real life, they could not get a patent on it because it appeared in Dick Tracy.

IMHO, no worries about patent litigation with this one.

 

[hausman]

But how will they get the lips to matchup to the translated language, like in Star Trek?

 

[GreaseMonkey_62]

Sweet. This will be really awesome once it's polished some more.

 

[Thomas Creel]

Seems like a good tech when its got all of the problems out fo the way.

 

[hate machine]

[citation][nom]nieur[/nom]now this is some real innovation[/citation]

Microsoft does this, Nissan makes a car that can park and drive itself and NASA + numerous other companies do work on powered exoskeletons that allowed disabled people the luxury of walking.

Yet Apple comes out and markets a smart phone to non business types and makes a smaller version of a blown up iPod Touch and somehow they are named as the most innovative company in the world.

This world does not make sense sometimes.

 

[NightLight]

this is very promising. thank you ms. what would the world be without windows!

 

[etichi]

[citation][nom]NightLight[/nom]this is very promising. thank you ms. what would the world be without windows![/citation]

probably better.

 

[zeratul600]

if jobs had created star trek, apple will be all over the places with their goddamned lawsuits over patents!! thank god for roddenberry!

 

[Guest]

lol

Guys try out the Google translator. more than 10 times more advanced and better than the MS crapper..

Ohh yea.. and it is here now.. and free.. ms was always 10 years behind.

 

[marcolorenzo]

[citation][nom]wiyosaya[/nom]Because Star Trek gave us the concept of the universal translator, a universal translator could never be patented - at least in the US. Any device described or shown in fictional media instantly becomes unpatentable. Another example is Dick Tracey's video phone watch. If anyone realizes such a watch in real life, they could not get a patent on it because it appeared in Dick Tracy.IMHO, no worries about patent litigation with this one.[/citation]

You can still patent the method with which it is achieved.