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Sony Unveils PSP Translator

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the essential-survival-toold-for-tokyo dept.

jonerik writes "Sony has released software for its popular PSP handheld gaming device called TalkMan. In development for some time now, the program currently stores about 3,000 conversation patterns in English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. 'A user may speak the words "Koko-wa-dokodesuka?" (Where is this?) in Japanese, for example, into the device's microphone, upon which a cartoon bird acting as an interpreter will pop up and start talking in the user's language. The bird is also able to translate the reply into Japanese.' A European release for TalkMan is expected in the spring."

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  1. Useful in the US? by guice · · Score: 0, Troll

    Granted, it might be useful in the Asian countries, but in the US? Maybe the European version will have more useful langauges for the US culture: Hindi