Cutting-edge voice, speech and translation technology from IBM is getting a critical test from U.S. military personnel who are using the system to speak with Iraqi locals in their own language. The Multilingual Automatic Speech-to-Speech Translator, or “MASTOR,” is activated by speaking and translates both from English to Arabic and from Arabic to English, sounding out the translation instantly. The U.S. Joint Forces Command is addressing a shortage of military linguists with the technology.
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US Military Testing IBM Speech Translation Technology
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 16, 2006 03:07 PMCutting-edge voice, speech and translation technology from IBM is getting a critical test from U.S. military personnel who are using the system to speak with Iraqi locals in their own language. The Multilingual Automatic Speech-to-Speech Translator, or “MASTOR,” is activated by speaking and translates both from English to Arabic and from Arabic to English, sounding out the translation instantly. The U.S. Joint Forces Command is addressing a shortage of military linguists with the technology.