3 ms·
It's really not that remarkable, given what parts already exist. In pseudo command line: speech_to_text --language=english | google_translate --from=english
by ams6110 9y ago
It's really not that remarkable, given what parts already exist. In pseudo command line:
speech_to_text --language=english | google_translate --from=english --to=swedish | text_to_speech --language=swedish
All this product does is hook up a few pieces that Google had already developed.
- dingdongding 9y agoIt is remarkable because it happens in realtime.
- ams6110 9y agoSpoken language is actually very slow compared to what computers can handle. Google Translate would have no trouble keeping up.
- r3bl 9y agoWell, yeah, but without that google_translate part, they wouldn't get nowhere. Bing Translate, even though it's been used by default on both Facebook and Twitter, will probably never give you good enough results to have a conversation with a stranger. Google Translate probably will. I mean, if there's anyone that combine those couple of parts, it's Google and no one else.
- gfodor 9y agoIf you seriously believe that it took minimal engineering effort to integrate those parts into a low latency real time system I don't know what to tell you. These kinds of dismissive comments on HN never cease to amaze me.