A nice start, The big challenge comes from the context translation.
Languages with high context vs low context, like wife and husband
Languages with high context vs low context, like wife and husband
You will need to remind me what applications Apple have released in recent times that were worth bothering with.
Excluding operating systems, I genuinely can't think of any must-have software developed by Apple in recent times.
2015, the year when people don't talk face to face anymore, even when in the same building
Stop being so melodramatic. I don't even see how your comment is relevant to this article. Surely a more relevant observation would be "2015, the year when language stopped being a barrier to communication"
Waste of time. Windows 9 should have been in public beta by now.
I disagree. Windows 9 will make or break Microsoft. I suppose that's why its taking longer. They recognize this also.
just watched the video... that is extremely awesome. Except for the german lady's crazy eyes.
Excluding operating systems, I genuinely can't think of any must-have software developed by Apple in recent times. They have released a few handy apps for iOS but that's about it.
A nice start, The big challenge comes from the context translation.
Languages with high context vs low context, like wife and husband
Video fails to play main feature on ios device.
Actually, he's kind of right. For the last 10 years I've worked in places where people e-mail or instant message people sitting within touching distance instead of talking to them.
Also, people have to send e-mails to cover their backs. There's no proof of a spoken conversation.
I can only repeat the criticism made by others in this forum. The translation from english to german was really awful, i.e., not a even one sentence was translated correctly. Many of the translations weren't just slightly off but could only be understood when translated back to english (word by word) to get the meaning.
The german lady on the other hand, spoke super clear, very slow, and very unnatural, almost like a computer herself. She obviously spoke carefully selected phrases. In essence, this demo has shown nothing at all and I'm curious about the final product in particular when it comes to languages that are more different than english and german.
Yeah, the English <-> German Translation here makes absolutely no sense sometimes if you don't actually already know English and German, and know things like the fact that "Verschieben" and "Umziehen" both translate to "move" in English, but that one refers to an appointment and the other refers to actually relocating your household. That was a real facepalm moment for me and I turned the video off right there. Didn't need to watch any more after that.
So...basically they're going to secretly record our conversations to help "improve" this translation service?
Edit: Reminds me of IBM's Watson, combining this translation tech with Cortana and Watson would be pretty crazy.
The pendulum swings. Microsoft has done more progressive soul searching and innovation in the last 6 months than Apple has in the last 6 years.
Correct me if I'm wrong but don't most Germans speak English ?
What is the purpose of this if most of the world speaks English ?
I can understand translating documents and such but what percentage of the user base is going to use this tool ?
More vapor ware from Microsoft .
Waste of time. Windows 9 should have been in public beta by now.
Why? They seem to be going down the Windows 8.x route.