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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."

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  1. first? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    however the researchers stated "We still can't figure out what Bob Dylan is saying"

  2. It isn't worth it by YearOfTheDragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    May be IBM is going to make speech recognition true, but Bill Gates said that this was posible a long time ago. Simply genius.

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  3. Re:Foreign languages are complex... by Splab · · Score: 5, Funny

    From boondock saints:
    Rocco: Fucking... What the fuck. Who the fuck fucked this fucking... How did you two fucking fucks...
    [shouts]
    Rocco: fuck!
    Connor: Well, that certainly illustrates the diversity of the word.

    Think that just about covers it...