Introducing the Google Translate app for iPhone • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing the Google Translate app for iPhone

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Post by andresmh » Wed, Feb 09, 2011, 12:39 AM UTC

does this have the same functionality that the Android version had for a month or so? It is still pretty amazing.

Re: Introducing the Google Translate app for iPhone

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Post by zitterbewegung » Wed, Feb 09, 2011, 3:37 AM UTC

ylem wrote: post #7

I think it's cool. I played with it for Android (not the voice input, but the text based input and the voice output). I was with a Russian and Turkish colleague (I speak American English). We found that the translation was pretty good--but that the speech synthesis was pretty bad for both Turkish and Russian. Has anyone checked it out for Chinese, Japanese, or Spanish?

I tried it with a friend that knew german and it didn't work that well on Android. He wasn't a native speaker though.

Re: Introducing the Google Translate app for iPhone

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Post by JacobIrwin » Wed, Feb 09, 2011, 5:56 AM UTC

Google Translate app, please translate this for me to RoR:

"1,000,000 page views in 24 hours."

Re: Introducing the Google Translate app for iPhone

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Post by saturn » Wed, Feb 09, 2011, 8:20 AM UTC

This is freaking awesome. Now all we need are sane roaming agreements between carriers so we can actually use our iphones overseas ..

Re: Introducing the Google Translate app for iPhone

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Post by InclinedPlane » Wed, Feb 09, 2011, 10:30 AM UTC

affiliator wrote: post #8

axiom wrote: post #3

So, you do realize that once you can fit something like this in your ear you have a bona-fide Star Trek universal translator.

Couple it with a tablet, load up wikipedia and you're ready to beam aboard any passing Vogon spaceship.

I'd recommend bringing a solar powered battery charger (who solar powered? because you can run it off nearly any light source, including artificial lighting, which is more likely than trying to find a source of electrical power that's compatible with your charger).