Google Translate is the first Google service that uses this feature. If you use Google Chrome 11 Beta, Google Chrome 12 Dev/Canary or a recent Chromium build and visit Google Translate, you can click the voice input icon. Right now, this feature only works for English, so you need to select "English" from the list of input languages.
Unfortunately, the results aren't great. I tried to translate "beautiful sunshine" into French, but the speech-to-text engine didn't work properly and Google had to translate "wake up beautiful sunshine girl".
{ Thanks, Kalin. }
Its finally here!!!
ReplyDeleteI had seen a preview of this earlier at IFA Sept, 2010.
Now conversation mode isn't far away either :D
It should have an option to confirm if the user wants to transmit his/her voice or not, before transmitting it. Like in Adobe flash....
ReplyDeleteThe word "f*ck" is understood as #### :o)
ReplyDeleteIs this option being rolled out? I'm in the latest beta release but don't see the option.
ReplyDeleteI've just installed Chrome 11.0.696.43 beta and it works.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this feature could learn to transcribe a particular users (prolfile) voice to text? Seems like accurate transcriptions are difficult since we all pronounce words a little differently...
ReplyDeleteThanks for confirming, Alex!
ReplyDeleteNow I see it! I had to change the language (I had detect language and English). When I switched to Spanish, it gave me a Spanish language keyboard and when I switch to English, it displayed a mike.
Er, mic :-D
ReplyDeleteLovely, the next feature they should have in Blog Editor and in Comments area. Works awesome despite my obvious Asian accent :-)
ReplyDeletewonder if it will be able to import wav files in the future?
ReplyDeleteIf you speak slowly and pronounce well and leave a tiny silence in between each word, the results are much, much better.
ReplyDeleteSo, can any html5 website spy on me using the microphone?
ReplyDeletewow...
ReplyDeleteAmazing collection of good thought here.I am agree with this nice direction on good topic.Keep it continue with us.
ReplyDeleteA new concept Google just reveal :)
ReplyDeleteGood! Finally they did it. Very useful functionality for all.
ReplyDeleteThis would be great if you need to know what something means in another language but don't feel like typing.
ReplyDeleteIt would be wonderful if you could join each user's particular voice profile to their Google account. Results would be both more accurate and much more economic!
ReplyDeletepretty cool for a start, I must admit..... it's funny though at this point with accents.. for e.g had to actually speak "beautiful sunshine" in a highly Indian accent to get the translation done correctly... English -> German.
ReplyDeleteuhhhh it would be wonderful if the google translate that keeps coming up still looked like this so i could listen to what i want to translate....THANKS A LOT GOOGLE!
ReplyDeleteHey guys please tell me how i can get the speak now button. If anyone can tell me step by step, i will be thankful to u.
ReplyDeleteNot working very well.
ReplyDeleteI can't get it understand word: run.
Please continue its development.
It didn't work
ReplyDeleteIs it to sell "Zoom Dwonloader"?
ReplyDeleteNotice the word “Downloader” is misspelled.
Deletemy google translate haven't voice tool. how to apear / show it?
ReplyDeleteRight now, this feature only works for English, so you need to select "English" from the list of input languages.
ReplyDeleteEnglish -> Other language
Any idea when will more languages be supported for voice input? And what they will be?
ReplyDeleteHow can I put some pauses or delays into the audio output of the text to speech on Google Translate? Are there any special codes and other similar services?
ReplyDeletei want to start but dont know how
ReplyDeleteIt neva worked
ReplyDeleteI find it terribly offensive that you change the voice of the Google translator you put the accents
ReplyDeletein my chrome this option is not available. please tell me how i get this. my chrome up to date
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