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Very neat, but I wish it came in an over-the-ear version. I'd like to travel to Japan some day soon, I'd like to buy some rare vintage stuff, and I can't imagin
by alexanderstears 9y ago
Very neat, but I wish it came in an over-the-ear version. I'd like to travel to Japan some day soon, I'd like to buy some rare vintage stuff, and I can't imagine handing an ear wax encrusted earbud to some elderly farmer.
As wireless ear buds these are somewhat interesting, as a translation device these are fascinating, why can't google sell more translation stuff?
- ztratar 9y agoIt integrates into your phone's speaker. You don't hand anyone a hearing device.
- scardine 9y agoAs pointed by ss17n: > The two way functionality works with only one pair of buds - the other user holds the phone So just keep the ear wax encrusted earbud for yourself. :-)
- Pamar 9y agoMaybe you know this already, but I suggest you to investigate an app called Jspeak. Take in account it requires a SIM in your device (so it would work on a smartphone but not in a plain tablet). I've seen it used (and used it myself) in Japan and it was pretty good. Also, it was used by an old guy in a Ryokan in rural Japan. He didn't speak English so we just went to and fro speaking in his tablet, checking that the audio was correctly recognized (it converts it to text before translating) and then handling it to the other person who would read/hear the sentence in his own language.