Press Release
Aug. 5, 2010
VoiceTra, TexTra multi-language translation applications available on the App Store
－ Applications developed by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology bring voice and text translation in 21 languages to the iPhone －
－ Applications developed by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology bring voice and text translation in 21 languages to the iPhone －
TOKYO - VoiceTra, a voice translation application enabling conversation via voice input, and TexTra, a text input-based translation application, are available for download from the App Store. Developed by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), both applications enable high-quality translation among multiple languages.
[About VoiceTra and TexTra]
Compatible with iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4, VoiceTra accepts voice input in Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, English, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and Malay (in progress). Support for additional languages is forthcoming.
Requiring no microphone input, TexTra is compatible with iPod touch and with iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4. TexTra can translate 19 languages into 20 languages. (Translation from Hindi and Vietnamese is not supported on iOS 3.0 due to lack of keyboard support.)
We state three ongoing goals for the technology: to boost translation quality by incorporating usage data; to place translation technology in the hands of more people by widening the range of application; and to commercialize the technology in partnership with private firms.
Support URL: http://mastar.jp/translation/index-en.html
We state three ongoing goals for the technology: to boost translation quality by incorporating usage data; to place translation technology in the hands of more people by widening the range of application; and to commercialize the technology in partnership with private firms.
Support URL: http://mastar.jp/translation/index-en.html
[About Knowledge Creating Communication Research Center of NICT]
Knowledge Creating Communication Research Center of NICT aims to achieve universal communication through research and development that includes multilingual translation, vocal and non-verbal communication, and information reliability analysis.
Knowledge Creating Communication Research Center : http://www2.nict.go.jp/x/x151/index_en.html
MASTAR Project : http://mastar.jp/index-e.html
Knowledge Creating Communication Research Center : http://www2.nict.go.jp/x/x151/index_en.html
MASTAR Project : http://mastar.jp/index-e.html
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Director
MASTAR Project
Knowledge Creating Communication Research Center
TEL:+81-774-98-6800 FAX:+81-774-98-6955