- Asking for directions on a streetcorner
- Finding out bus fare
- Ordering dinner in a restaurant
- Picking up the phone when no one else is around
For most of these situations, a pencil and paper are more useful and efficient. As for picking up the phone... Well, I'll let you figure that one out.
I CAN imagine this would be useful at the drive through window where you can't interact directly with the order-taker. It would have to be one of those drive-ins with the 'order confirmation monitor' so the driver could correct any errors.
The only other useful application I can see is in dealing with illiterate people.
This may be a first step to useful translation, but right now it is not useful translation. Logically speaking, it should pick up on entire words next...
Once it picks up on ASL's pronominalization and tense methods - we can start talking.
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I'm posting the dialog for use in subtitling. The made-up languages are quite difficult to understand at times.
http://www.incompetech.com/swtext.txt
For most of these situations, a pencil and paper are more useful and efficient. As for picking up the phone... Well, I'll let you figure that one out.
I CAN imagine this would be useful at the drive through window where you can't interact directly with the order-taker. It would have to be one of those drive-ins with the 'order confirmation monitor' so the driver could correct any errors.
The only other useful application I can see is in dealing with illiterate people.
This may be a first step to useful translation, but right now it is not useful translation. Logically speaking, it should pick up on entire words next... Once it picks up on ASL's pronominalization and tense methods - we can start talking.