Microsoft Speech Recognition Breakthrough - Close To Star Trek's Universal Translator?
During a presentation, Microsoft's Chief Research Officer, Rick Rashid has showcased the company's breakthrough in speech recognition technology with a software that translates spoken English into spoken Chinese almost instantly! This translator is special because it tries to preserve the effectiveness of the speaker's voice, so when you hear the translated version, it still feels personal. How cool is that?
They have minimized the error rate in translation from previous one word in 4 or 5 incorrect to now a word in 7 or 8.
The translation from English into Chinese takes place in two steps - The first takes English words and finds the Chinese equivalents, and while non-trivial, this is the easy part. The second reorders the words to be appropriate for Chinese, an important step for correct translation between languages. Mr. Rashid delivered a dramatic presentation that converted his English to Chinese and it garnered the cheers from the crowd of 2000 mostly Chinese students
In other words, we may not have to wait until the 22nd century for a usable equivalent of Star Trek’s universal translator!
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They have minimized the error rate in translation from previous one word in 4 or 5 incorrect to now a word in 7 or 8.
The translation from English into Chinese takes place in two steps - The first takes English words and finds the Chinese equivalents, and while non-trivial, this is the easy part. The second reorders the words to be appropriate for Chinese, an important step for correct translation between languages. Mr. Rashid delivered a dramatic presentation that converted his English to Chinese and it garnered the cheers from the crowd of 2000 mostly Chinese students
In other words, we may not have to wait until the 22nd century for a usable equivalent of Star Trek’s universal translator!
Check out the presentation -
What do CEans have to say about this?
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