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IBM Strives For 'Superhuman' Speech Tech

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fansubbing-in-jeopardy dept.

robyn217 writes "IBM unveiled new speech recognition technology today that can comprehend the nuances of spoken English, translate it on the fly, and even create on-the-fly subtitles for foreign-language television programs. One of the projects perpetually monitors Arabic television stations, dynamically transcribing and translating any words spoken into English subtitles. Videos can then be viewed via a web browser, with all transcriptions indexed and searchable."

2 of 289 comments (clear)

  1. learn the langage ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    why ? those c**ksuckers in US governement agencies can't learn arabic ?

  2. Selling to the Middle East by cerebud · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How much do you want to bet that IBM sells this technology to the Middle East? So the terrorists won't have to learn English, they can get all our news real time, on the fly. The potential is that this will help in the war against terror. Allowing the other side to have it, would make it almost a moot point. It's just like Microsoft, google, et al, enabling China's human rights abuses because they want to make a buck.