iTranslate Voice - Speak & Translate in Real Time

[Abacist]

Thought this might be useful to foreign travellers who have iPhones/iPads.

You instal the App for the price of £6.99 from the App Store and you can then talk into your phone in English and it will translate what you say into the language of your choice. It records what it thinks you have said on the screen and then provides the translation both written and in speech via the phone speaker.

Should be fantastic for overseas travel especially in out of the way places like China, Japan but will help me enormously enough in Spain and Germany!

 

[SIFTA SAM]

Thanks.
Have just ordered one for use in the UK.

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

great if you go to Wales

 

[Vanman]

Does it do Norfolkian - Bro?

 

[EX51SSS]

Does it do Norfolkian - Bro?

Its not that good. Narfook is only for Narfookians.

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[Vanman]

Its not that good. Narfook is only for Narfookians.

... and their relatives oops sorry - that's what you said isn't it?!

 

[mikebeaches]

My old cheap-as-chips Motorola Moto G android smartphone came complete with a Google translate app, which you just set the language required and speak into it to get both a simultaneous audio translation as well as a text-based translation. And it can then handle a reply in the foreign language back to English. Unless I'm mistaken, much as described by the OP.

No cost to buy, it was already on the phone. Have used it successfully a couple of times.

 

[rosalan]

Thanks peoples... I just had a look at my cheapest possible Tesco mobile and it also translates spoken words in other languages into English...Wow!

 

[tonka]

Good heads up for the Apple people...

But
Google translate has done that for ages and free one of the reasons i moved from iphone..

 

[dabhand]

You used to be able to do this with google translate! Is it the same but now chargeable?

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[The Dotties]

I believe google translate is foc from the android Play Store. ( at least it was when I didn't buy it) Works well

 

[RogerThat]

Google Translate is still free on iPhone / iPad etc at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/google-translate/id414706506?mt=8

 

[laneside]

Living in France our experience is the French normally do not understand the translation

 

[RogerThat]

you can then talk into your phone in English and it will translate what you say into the language of your choice

Just to add, this kind of technology blows me away, it's like something out of Star Trek

 

[mikebeaches]

Living in France our experience is the French normally do not understand the translation

I found it particularly helpful when requesting something relatively complicated - either speak or type in English and then show the full text in French, Spanish or whatever language is required and have found myself fully understood.

But I agree, it's not 'silver bullet' perfect.

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