MASTORing new languages.Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. is inspiring more technological innovations. IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Researchers have designed a device similar to the Star Trek Universal
Translator--a real time, speech-to-speech, language translator.
You'll be able to speak into the device in your language, and the
device will translate it into spoken word in the native language of the
person you're talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to , The official name is Multilingual Automatic Speech-to-Speech Technology, but IBM calls it MASTOR MASTOR Multilingual Automatic Speech-To-Speech Translator (IBM) . The research builds on other IBM translation products such as ViaVoice Translator, software that lets you type in a phrase in one language and hear it in another. In the current pre-original Star Trek series Enterprise (set circa 2150), the characters use an early version of the Universal Translator The universal translator is a fictional device common to many science fiction works, especially on television. Its purpose is to offer an instant translation of any language. and a human linguistics expert to communicate, and even then it's a struggle to get the translation right. So, even though IBM says it has some work to do before MASTOR is ready for prime time, it's still about 150 years ahead of Star Trek. http://www.ibm.com |
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