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From: boingboing <rssfeeds@spamassassin.taint.org>
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Subject: Palm-sized translators going to Iraq
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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 08:00:33 -0000
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URL: http://boingboing.net/#85541017
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Date: Not supplied
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The US Military is planning on equipping Gulf troops with two-way translators:
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Palm-sized devices with speech-recognition and automated translation. Tried
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speech-to-text lately? How about Babelfish? Boy, is this technology ever gonna
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suck: "Take he to that chemistry arm vegetable." Link[1] Discuss[2] (_Thanks,
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Nat[3]!_)
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[1] http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Northeast/10/06/handheld.translator.ap/
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[2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/eXMNyidbgPL
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[3] http://www.frii.com/~gnat/
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