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tele scouter translator will literally let you see what someone is saying

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NEC aims to overcome language barriers with the Tele Scouter, a system that will process spoken language and display a translation on a retinal display. To maintain the portability of the gadget, NEC split the Tele Scouter into three parts: an eyepiece, a small computer and a remote server.

Aside from the display, the microphone…

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November 2nd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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trinvo talking translator: say “I can’t understand you” in 12 languages

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We’ve already featured a talking translator before, but it looked intimidating and/or boring. Not the Trinvo. It’s a hip and handy talking translator equipped with the very original “navigational wheel.” Wherever you go, people will surely want to talk to you if only to ask what that gadget is that you’re holding. That’s “iPod ba…

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July 30th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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bowlingual voice: dog translator 2.0 teaches fido to speak. speak!

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Remember the BowLingual? Released in the early 2000’s, the device claimed that it could translate your dog’s barks into phrases and emotions that told you what your dog was thinking, or how it was feeling. Now the BowLingual has gotten a 2009 upgrade, which actually gives your dog a human voice.

Just place the bark-sensor…

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June 20th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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franklin international translator speaks 12 languages

Franklin TGA-490 Universal Speaking Translator

If you travel a lot, you might want to check out the newly announced Franklin TGA-490 language translator that can actually speak in 12 different languages.

The new portable translator not only translates over 450,000 words and 12,000 phrases, it contains recorded samples of speech to provide accurate pronunciation in all 12 languages. The TGA-490…

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January 8th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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