Real-time Audio Translation

[I'm Murrin]

Impressive new technology.

Linky

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Off topic Murrin, but i love your signature. Going in the Signature thread to be sure.

--A

[I'm Murrin]

(If you're interested in reading the whole interview: www.wotmania.net/fantasymessageboardsho ... eID=141281 )

[aTOMiC]

Ah, another Star Trek predicted device becomes a reality. Well sort of but its a start. Once we've improved the translator to the point that it can translate the vocalizations of apes and dolphins into the King's english then we'll be ready for aliens. Very cool technology.

[I'm Murrin]

Of course the single flaw if you're looking for a unversal translator is that this requires a detailed knowledge of the language being used, and in this case refers heavily to a database of statistical data compiled from published written material in that language.

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Thanks Murrin...interesting interview.

Like this:

It just so happens that humans are hardwired to understand the world anthropomorphically. What this means is that we have a profound tendency to interpret natural things and events in human terms...

...We think natural events happen for reasons, just as human actions do.

--A