Translation Earbuds

[Bob Howard]

I did a search on the Forum and did not get any hits on "Translation Earbuds" of the type described here. It's rather impressive and, well . . . futuristic, or maybe I'm just behind the curve on this kind of thing.

Anyway, has anyone used them?

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[Tincatinker]

I’m minded of Douglas Adam’s great invention: the Babel Fish that could be slipped in to the ear canal and provide instant translation of any language.

"Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation."

 

[dick bird]

I’m minded of Douglas Adam’s great invention: the Babel Fish that could be slipped in to the ear canal and provide instant translation of any language.

"Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation."

You got in before me, and I shall refrain from breaking the rules by mentioning the main implication of the fact that the Babel Fish existed. I think it was Kurt Vonnegut who had a similar idea when he had a character from planet earth - the only planet in the universe where speech was used to communicate rather than telepathy - employed on a space ship as communications officer because telepathy simply created chaos if everyone knew what everyone else was thinking.

But in answer to the question, to the best of my knowledge and belief, no.

 

[MikeJS]

Just earbuds/headset with SayHi?

 

[ShellToucher]

I did a search on the Forum and did not get any hits on "Translation Earbuds" of the type described here. It's rather impressive and, well . . . futuristic, or maybe I'm just behind the curve on this kind of thing.

Anyway, has anyone used them?

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I own them. Brought them on my first Camino and to Peru. They just are not fast enough to keep the conversation flowing. Plus, relies on your cellphone capturing the speech being translated. So it’s really not subtle. Might as well just use google translate if the phone plays such a key role. I would say the techs not there yet. I bought them 4 years back, maybe they’re better now?

 

[MikeJS]

I own them. Brought them on my first Camino and to Peru. They just are not fast enough to keep the conversation flowing. Plus, relies on your cellphone capturing the speech being translated. So it’s really not subtle. Might as well just use google translate if the phone plays such a key role. I would say the techs not there yet. I bought them 4 years back, maybe they’re better now?

I find SayHi adequate for conversations once the other person understands how it works.