Google Translate App Bridges Language Barriers in Real Time
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David Paul Morris/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Google announced groundbreaking updates Wednesday to its translation app that will allow users to carry on a conversation in two different languages.
The app allows users to select the two languages they’re working with and then once the app is in conversation mode, it will take care of the rest, allowing the users to have a more spontaneous and fluid conversation.
Google said the update can handle 38 languages in conversation mode, virtually dissolving the language barrier for globe trotters and people with families that may converse in several languages.
Even in areas without a data connection or Internet service, the app is still operational in camera mode. Snap a photo of the text and Google will provide a translation in three-dozen languages.
Skype last month unveiled a preview of a similar service in English and Spanish that allows users to converse in real-time.
Skype, owned by Microsoft, said its “long-term goal for speech translation is to translate as many languages as possible on as many platforms.”
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