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Hands on With the PSP Talkman Translator

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the handheld-of-babel dept.

PSP News writes "Lik Sang has a review and hands on of Sonys new Talkman accessory for the PSP, which enables translation of 4 of the worlds most spoken languages. From the article: 'Traveling and meeting people from all around the globe sure is fun, but may have its drawbacks when you're not speaking the language. To ease this barrier, innovation comes via Sony which took ScanSoft's speech recognition software and created both an universal language interpreter and trainer for English and a couple of Asian languages: Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin) and Korean.'"

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  1. My ears!! by simp · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not going to stick a PSP in my ear! Have you seen the size of it? I'm sticking to my fish, proven technology.

  2. all i gotta say is... by God'sDuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Software solutions are great, but *be sure* to memorize (with your brain) "Where can I buy batteries?" in your target language...

  3. Re:Vem behöver dessa? by tpgp · · Score: 5, Funny
    Swedish:
    Sannolikt alla dessa icke språkkunniga folken som strövar över vidderna därute.
    Translation from the talkman:
    My hovercraft is full of eels.
    --
    My pics.
  4. I wonder how it would translate... by xfletch · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Hello sir, I can't be bothered to learn your language so would you mind speaking to the badly animated sesame street character on my portable gaming device?"

    I guess this isn't going to be as big a hit among the international business community as Sony might have hoped.