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Chalana Perera

Translating Spectacles (BBC Technology) - 0 views

  • headset uses a tiny projector to display images on a user's retina
  • used real-time translation to provide subtitles for a conversation between people lacking a common language
  • The cost does not include the price of the translation tools and software
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  • At the same time as a user hears a translation, they would also get text subtitles beamed onto the retina.
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    This article discusses the Japanese designed NEC Smart Spectacles which are designed to create conversation flowing when there is no common language between the people interacting. The lens reads and interprets, then displays words so the person wearing it can hear and see what is being said by the other person.
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    This article discusses the Japanese designed NEC Smart Spectacles which are designed to create conversation flowing when there is no common language between the people interacting. The lens reads and interprets, then displays words so the person wearing it can hear and see what is being said by the other person.
Chalana Perera

AirScript Wireless Translator for Live Theater (Article Base) - 0 views

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    This article is similar to my stimulus and describes the details of the exact technology being used and how it affects/impacts that theatre industry in the UK. It also discusses its impact on tourism.
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    This article is similar to my stimulus and describes the details of the exact technology being used and how it affects/impacts that theatre industry in the UK.
anonymous

Is Spam Here to Stay? - (Information Today, News Bank) - 0 views

  • http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:PPCT&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=129EEE11E71D65B0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:newcat&req_dat=B4CD8BC1A80B43D794A5481B6FC40219
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    This article gives a little background information of spam in 2006, and 2008. It talks about the costs, ussage and cases. Spam acounts for nearly 200 billion messages each day, which translates to about 90% of email worldwide. The U.S. is the biggest source at 17.2%.
Chalana Perera

English Captions for Opera (Seattle Opera) - 0 views

  • Seattle Opera projects English captions, a simultaneous translation of the sung words, above the stage during every opera performance. These captions are visible from every seat in McCaw Hall.
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    This article discusses captioning for musical performances and live vocal artists
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    This article discusses captioning for musical performances and live vocal artists
Chalana Perera

YouTube Captions (BBC Technology) - 1 views

  • machine-generated captions
  • The translation is not always perfect
  • media industry
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  • group of radio stations, newspapers and websites
  • YouTube offers a manual captioning service but video makers tend not to use it
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    This article discusses the new automatic subtitles that appear on You Tube videos for deaf viewers, created by a deaf technician. They are found on 13 major channels and YouTube. It involves speech recognition technology & caption systems.
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    This article discusses the new automatic subtitles that appear on You Tube videos for deaf viewers, created by a deaf technician. They are found on 13 major channels and YouTube. It involves speech recognition technology & caption systems.
samaraad

Google beats Egypt net blackout with voice tweets | News | PC Pro - 2 views

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    According to this Guardian article, it seems the automatic speech-to-text-to-tweet feature was dropped for some reason and instead a team of people transcribe/translate into English and manually post with the #egypt hashtag. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/01/google-twitter-egypt?INTCMP=SRCH
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