Download of the Week Software Firefox 118 brings automated local translations Mozilla's latest Firefox release brings automated web content translations done locally, font improvements, and video effects on Google Meet. By Erik Orejuela, September 27, 2023, 8:42 AM
AI Software Meta AI's new research project is a "universal translator" for 100 different languages Bringing powerful communication tools to a global, interconnected world By Alfonso Maruccia, August 23, 2023, 1:17 PM
Software Google YouTube to boost AI-generated foreign language dubs Dubs using machine translation and synthesized voices could compliment traditional translations By Daniel Sims, June 23, 2023, 6:55 AM
Software The Web Firefox avoids the cloud for its privacy-friendly translation service Firefox Translations is a promising alternative to Google Translate By Alfonso Maruccia, November 29, 2022, 2:03 PM 10 comments
Software The Web Zoom plans to add real-time translation for 12 languages next year With automated speech transcription for over 30 languages later on By Adriel Teixeira, September 14, 2021, 7:27 AM
Electronics Amazon Alexa gets real-time translation functionality Alexa just got even better By Cohen Coberly, December 14, 2020, 4:09 PM
The Web AI Facebook's new AI model can translate one language directly to another without using English Facebook's old tech used English as an intermediary By Cohen Coberly, October 19, 2020, 12:23 PM
Google Software Google Assistant can now interpret 44 languages on Android and iOS Real time voice and text translation on phones By Adrian Potoroaca, December 13, 2019, 6:09 AM
Google The Web Google announces 'Translatotron,' a speech-to-speech translation system that can preserve a speaker's tone It's not available to the public for now By Cohen Coberly, May 15, 2019, 5:32 PM 11 comments
Electronics AI Google unlocks real-time translation on all Assistant-optimized headphones Google sacrifices the killer feature of the Pixel buds By Isaiah Mayersen, October 14, 2018, 6:09 AM 7 comments
Software Amazon files patent for real-time accent detection and translation You might better understand call center representatives By Greg Synek, August 3, 2018, 8:05 AM
Tech Culture Google Google Translate still is not monetized despite converting over 100 billion words a day One of Google's truly free products remains devoid of ads By Greg Synek, July 24, 2018, 9:21 AM
The Web Facebook is now exclusively using AI to translate posts and comments Translations should be more accurate from here on out By Cohen Coberly, August 3, 2017, 6:15 PM
Microsoft Microsoft's experimental 'Dictate' Office add-in improves hands-free typing, features real-time translation Speak in one language and have Dictate output text over 50 languages By Jose Vilches, June 22, 2017, 4:30 PM
Electronics Will the Pilot earpiece be the real-life universal translator we've always wanted? By Rob Thubron, May 18, 2016, 1:15 PM
Electronics Xerox adds instant document translation to select multi-function printers By Shawn Knight, March 10, 2016, 6:30 PM 7 comments
Microsoft Software Now you can Skype with people who speak a different language in real-time By Devin Kate Pope, October 1, 2015, 2:15 PM
Microsoft Software Skype's real-time translator app now open for anyone to try By Shawn Knight, May 13, 2015, 11:15 AM
Mobile Software Google Translate updated with Word Lens integration, improved real-time conversation translation By Himanshu Arora, January 15, 2015, 10:30 AM
Software Mobile Google Translate to offer real-time speech-to-text conversion feature soon By Himanshu Arora, January 12, 2015, 8:00 AM
Software Microsoft Microsoft is now accepting applications for its Skype Translator preview By Shawn Knight, November 3, 2014, 6:45 PM
Microsoft Software Microsoft demos real-time language translation for Skype By Himanshu Arora, May 28, 2014, 11:15 AM 8 comments
The Web Google definition search adds synonyms, sample sentences and more By Justin Kahn, August 23, 2013, 1:30 PM
Software Mobile Facebook buys language translation start-up Mobile Technologies By Shawn Knight, August 13, 2013, 11:00 AM
The Web YouTube adds automated caption translation for 300 languages By Rick Burgess, September 26, 2012, 8:30 AM