Google Home Gets Real-Time Interpretations For 27 languages

Google Assistant has announced the introduction of real-time translations with Google Home speakers and third-party smart displays like those from JBL, Sony, and Lenovo. Interpretations will initially be available in 27 languages. From a report: Plans are to later bring real-time interpretations to mobile devices, but no date has been set, a company spokesperson told VentureBeat. Real-time interpretation with Google Assistant is the latest conversational AI milestone from Google, following the release of Duplex and Call Screen for Pixel phones in late 2018. But just like the first response to Duplex, you should taper your expectations. Initial demos by VentureBeat found Interpreter Mode to be quick in its response, but each exchange could last no more than 15 seconds, a limitation that makes Interpreter Mode helpful but not yet capable of handling the longer exchanges that often occur in a typical conversation.

But should you temper expectations?

[raymorris]

TFS says you should taper your expectations, going from thin to wide. Should also you temper them, counterbalancing hopeful expectations against the actual current capabilities?

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[cascadingstylesheet]

TFS says you should taper your expectations, going from thin to wide. Should also you temper them, counterbalancing hopeful expectations against the actual current capabilities?

Sure, taper them, start out really excited and then slowly grow in disappointment. :)

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[drinkypoo]

Sure, taper them, start out really excited and then slowly grow in disappointment.

As in the product will start out really good, then Google will inevitably ruin it and then eventually cancel it.

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You need go make make tapering fulfilments with Google translate product items, much fried rice.

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[Opportunist]

27 is already easily the number of German dialects it would have to understand to even remotely stand a chance to understand Germans.

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[Anonymous Coward]

https://www.theverge.com/2019/... [theverge.com]

Here's a full list of languages supported:

Arabic
Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hindi
Hungarian

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[forkfail]

Just let us listen to everything you say, ever...

Engrish

[Vladimir S]

Is my Engrish within the list, It used to be working, but after some upgrade 2 years ago stopped.