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* if you have a smartphone connected and a decent connection to the internet to use google translate.

by jagermo 9y ago

navigator01 9y ago
Seems like a modest requirement.
- jagermo 9y ago
  It is if you are in a developed country and not tied to roaming / have access to fast wifi. I didn't want to trash it, it looks like an amazing concept. It would be interesting to see it in action.
  - panorama 9y ago
    Understood, but just for perspective, we humans now have devices that seamlessly translate (more or less) foreign languages right to your ears. That's magical, sci-fi stuff. To nitpick it just because it's not readily available to all 7B+ people in the world is a tad harsh, though I know that wasn't your intention.
    - jagermo 9y ago
      Don't get me wrong, this is fantastic. I really, really want to try them and I really want this technology to catch on.
  - rconti 9y ago
    Relatively affordable international roaming has finally made it to the US with the $10/day ATT and $5/day Verizon plans. I believe European rules go in effect this year to make roaming affordable as well. To say nothing of the availability of prepaid SIMs in most countries.
  - DannyBee 9y ago
    Right now, it's pretty infeasible (without NN chips) to make this work without something else handling the large model. Depending on how long folks have been working ons tuff, in a few years (IE 2018-2020), it'll be feasible
- valbaca 9y ago
  Right? It's not magic
soared 9y ago
Did you expect the earbuds to have a wireless connection and processor inside of them? (and if so, wouldn't you have complained about privacy issues anyways?)
- maxerickson 9y ago
  It seems we need better words. They do have a wireless connection and processor inside of them. The problem is that the processor probably isn't powerful enough and the wireless won't connect to the internet.
- MBCook 9y ago
  Well they’re not ‘headphones that translate’ are they? That’s like saying AirPods make new music to your taste because you can get an app on your phone that does that. It’s sketchy marketing. Neat idea, but sketchy sounding marketing.
yincrash 9y ago
Google Translate does not require an active connection to the Internet. You can predownload translation "matrices?" into the app. I'm not sure about the Google Assistant integration's Internet requirements though, however, given the impact of reducing lag, I would suppose they would want to be able to predownload as much as possible.
- jagermo 9y ago
  Yes, but that is for dictionary only. If you need more processing power, for example for the image recognition, you need the cloud. At least last time i tried, from greece to english.
  - yincrash 9y ago
    Unfortunately for greek<->english, the offline image recognition isn't available. It does work for other languages, even ones like Chinese. There is a little eye icon in the bottom right of the app that lets you download the language for offline instant translation.
SurrealSoul 9y ago
You can download and offline store language dictionaries

* if you have a smartphone connected and a decent connection to the internet to use google translate.

navigator01 9y ago

Seems like a modest requirement.

jagermo 9y ago
It is if you are in a developed country and not tied to roaming / have access to fast wifi. I didn't want to trash it, it looks like an amazing concept. It would be interesting to see it in action.
- panorama 9y ago
  Understood, but just for perspective, we humans now have devices that seamlessly translate (more or less) foreign languages right to your ears. That's magical, sci-fi stuff. To nitpick it just because it's not readily available to all 7B+ people in the world is a tad harsh, though I know that wasn't your intention.
  - jagermo 9y ago
    Don't get me wrong, this is fantastic. I really, really want to try them and I really want this technology to catch on.
- rconti 9y ago
  Relatively affordable international roaming has finally made it to the US with the $10/day ATT and $5/day Verizon plans. I believe European rules go in effect this year to make roaming affordable as well. To say nothing of the availability of prepaid SIMs in most countries.
- DannyBee 9y ago
  Right now, it's pretty infeasible (without NN chips) to make this work without something else handling the large model. Depending on how long folks have been working ons tuff, in a few years (IE 2018-2020), it'll be feasible
valbaca 9y ago
Right? It's not magic

soared 9y ago

Did you expect the earbuds to have a wireless connection and processor inside of them? (and if so, wouldn't you have complained about privacy issues anyways?)

maxerickson 9y ago
It seems we need better words. They do have a wireless connection and processor inside of them. The problem is that the processor probably isn't powerful enough and the wireless won't connect to the internet.
MBCook 9y ago
Well they’re not ‘headphones that translate’ are they? That’s like saying AirPods make new music to your taste because you can get an app on your phone that does that. It’s sketchy marketing. Neat idea, but sketchy sounding marketing.

yincrash 9y ago

Google Translate does not require an active connection to the Internet. You can predownload translation "matrices?" into the app. I'm not sure about the Google Assistant integration's Internet requirements though, however, given the impact of reducing lag, I would suppose they would want to be able to predownload as much as possible.

jagermo 9y ago
Yes, but that is for dictionary only. If you need more processing power, for example for the image recognition, you need the cloud. At least last time i tried, from greece to english.
- yincrash 9y ago
  Unfortunately for greek<->english, the offline image recognition isn't available. It does work for other languages, even ones like Chinese. There is a little eye icon in the bottom right of the app that lets you download the language for offline instant translation.

SurrealSoul 9y ago

You can download and offline store language dictionaries