Microsoft’s Language Translator
May 29, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
The idea of a language translation device took root in a DARPA project several years ago, and then passed to IBM, where it improved, but still wasn’t good enough for medical translation, which can cost a hospital thousands or even millions of dollars every year. Now Microsoft is entering the field and may make more progress. The difficulty in medical translation is the nuance and emphasis that life and death emergency situations convey. But listen to the translated recordings in this piece and judge how well voice tones come through with the translated words. MORE with audio