I encourage you to offer a “translation” option that involves simplification (e.g. Simple German) where the speech language X is translated in a simplified version of the language X. There’s value there.
That's also just a plain accesibility - levelling the situation where someone is less fluent in a given language. You could even translate from english to simple english!
There are some complicated words in German. When simplified have a translation. But in German it’s just, German. Streichholzschächtelchen. When one could just easily say Streichholzer.
Yes, if you're watching TV on your computer the app should translate all the speech. We haven't done any source separation work (musical singing vs actual speech) so if there's music it may pick up some of the lyrics.
I encourage you to offer a “translation” option that involves simplification (e.g. Simple German) where the speech language X is translated in a simplified version of the language X. There’s value there.
Fun idea, are you thinking about a language learning use case?
That's also just a plain accesibility - levelling the situation where someone is less fluent in a given language. You could even translate from english to simple english!
There are some complicated words in German. When simplified have a translation. But in German it’s just, German. Streichholzschächtelchen. When one could just easily say Streichholzer.
Tried the beta - really cool! Would love to see more language options, awesome work!
Thanks! We're planning to add support for a lot more languages over the next two weeks.
Just tried it, it works great! Any plans for offering it on mobile?
Our first focus is desktop, but we'd love to get a mobile app out (or let someone else build one with our API)
Does this work with less-than-perfect audio, for example, watching foreign TV with background music?
Yes, if you're watching TV on your computer the app should translate all the speech. We haven't done any source separation work (musical singing vs actual speech) so if there's music it may pick up some of the lyrics.
Non-sandboxed macOS app, every single time! :D
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