In the mid-1950s, the U.S. government invested in what was called the Georgetown-IBM experiment to translate written and ...

A Kenyan entrepreneur who designed an app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Kenneth Harris, a NASA veteran who worked on ...

At Google I/O 2025, Google unveiled a powerful new feature for Google Meet: real-time speech translation. Powered by a large language audio model developed by Google DeepMind, the new Gemini-based ...

Google Translate has introduced AI-powered live translation and personalized language-learning tools. Users can now hold real ...

Sundar Pichai showcased Google’s real-time speech translation to help break down language barriers, and he gave an example of how it could be useful when booking a vacation rental in South America.

Babel be damned. Google’s free “Translate” app for Android now includes a feature called Conversation Mode that does a pretty decent job of facilitating a verbal back-and-forth between English and ...

Google Translate got a big update during Google's surprise press conference in Paris, France. If you expected to see Google integrate its ChatGPT rival called Bard into Maps, Search, and Translate, ...

Duolingo’s green owl may be coming up with a lot of foreign words for 'exasperation' right now. The first, as shown off in a preview call for journalists on Monday, seems a considerable step up in ...

You can do voice translations on your iPhone using iOS 14's new Translate app, or the classic Google Translate.

Google is testing two changes to the Translate app to improve results. The first under-trial change, which we spotted in ...