January 13, 2011
Conversation Mode on Android
Say you're at a restaurant in South America, where everyone speaks Spanish. You want to order your meal, but the waiter only speaks Spanish, and you haven't learned the language yet! What can you do? Well, if you have an Android smartphone, you're in luck. Conversation mode is now built in to Google Translate for Android. So, hit record, say in English what you want to order, and the phone then says what you just said in Spanish, so the waiter can understand! And if the waiter wants to reply to you, it can work in reverse; it records what he says, and says it in English so you can understand! It can only comprehend English and Spanish for now, but Google is probably working on other languages. You can imagine that this app will be a big help for travellers!