I think that it's really meant to be used when traveling or dealing with people whose primary language is not the same as yours.
On 2/27/13, RobH! <bobs...@googlemail.com> wrote: > This all sounds wonderful, didn't know we could do so much; so what > purpose, could one start to get the basics of a second language with it? > pronunciation and all? difficult to think you'd get good annunciation from > > a 'bot voice mind. > > Thanks, Rh. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> > To: "VIPhone" <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 8:45 PM > Subject: Re: translation app > > > Hi Anouk, > > I agree with Sieghard's suggestion of SayHi Translate: > • SayHi Translate ($0.99) by SayHi > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sayhi-translate/id437818260?mt=8 > > The main advantages of this translation app over others is the > convenient user interface that lets you designate a primary and > secondary language under your settings, then press a button to start/ > stop speaking the phrase you want translated to the second language. > What makes this translation app especially nice to use is the fact > that your spoken phrase will be recognized and transcribed, and then > the translated text will also be transcribed and spoken in the second > language. > > The only thing that I would add is that the version of this app before > the latest (3.0, 3.0.1, and 3.0.2) updates were released around > Christmas time and after, was more accessible, so anyone who has this > app with the previous version (e.g. 2.0.3 from July 24, 2012) should > hold onto it, although the app is still quite usable. Here are the > changes in the latest version: first, as before, there are two buttons > for the selected primarly and secondary language at the bottom left > and right corners of the screen. Instead of "Record English Speech" > button, you'll just hear "English" button, or the equivalent for > another language. In the previous version of the app you could flick > to a "Begin text entry for English" button that would allow you to > type your text entry for translation. The text entry buttons are > still present as areas on the two large language buttons that sighted > users can separately use -- they're just no longer announced to > VoiceOver users. Instead, what you can do is flick to the > conversation that you entered on the screen and double tap. This will > bring up the spoken text with a "text field" announcement in the > center of the screen, and you'll be able to delete the previous text > (using the delete key) and send it off for translation by double > tapping the "Send" key at the bottom right corner of your virtual > keyboard. > > Note that if you want to escape this mode without typing or sending > new text, you'll need to flick left to the "Bubble action close" > button and double tap. Also, in the earlier versions if you double- > tapped on one of the speech translation entries on screen you would > get access to a series of menu items like "Star (to favorite)", > "Speak", "Share", "Copy", and "Show more items" immediately associated > with the text, with "Show more items" giving you access to "Delete" > and "Edit" options. Now, if you double tap on a text entry, the text > field itself shows up in the center of the screen. VoiceOver does not > always correctly receive focus, so you may need to touch the center of > the screen if this happens. Then, if you flick left, you'll hear in > succssion the buttons for "Bubble action close", "Bubble action > delete", "Bubble action play", "Bubble action share", and "Bubble > action favorite". The close button gets you out of the text mode and > returns you to the dialog screen, which is set out a bit like a text > messaging screen. Play is like the "Speak" button that repeats the > spoken text. Editing actions are performed by directly modifying text > in the "bubble". > > The good features of this app are the simple entry for spoken text and > access to the translated text in either language. (I can press the > button to start speaking in either the primary language at the bottom > left, or the one for the secondary language at the bottom right, and > have my spoken text transcribed and translated from either of the two > languages.) It's an inexpensive app, and supports large numbers of > languages, including many non-European languages, with spoken voices. > It does require an internet connection to use. You can also have the > app repeat speaking the translated phrase, or your original spoken > comment, and copy the transcribed or translated text to clipboard or > to an email or text message. This is especially handy for languages > that do not use Latin characters. Once again, this was simpler in the > version before the recent last version upgrade, but it's still > usable. > > If you want to translate much larger blocks of text at one time, and > are more likely to type or copy and paste in text, you may want to use > a different translation app. I'd probably use one of the iTranslate > apps by Sonico GmbH. I have their older apps with multiple voices > that no longer seems to be available in the app store, but I think > their present free app should also work OK. (You'd just have to buy > additional voices, or have the VoiceOver voice read out the > translation.) They use the Loquendo voices, which I like. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > > On Feb 25, 6:41 pm, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> SayHi Translate works well, you can set your input language and the >> language >> you want the text you speak to be translated to and it will speak the >> text >> you speak in the new language. You can also enter text. >> >> If you type "SayHi" (no space) you should find it as the first search >> result, the seller is called "SayHi LLC". >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> >> Of anouk radix >> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 7:16 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: translation app >> >> Hello, >> Has anyone got experience with a good translation app to translate >> english text in other languages output vi synthesis or human speech? >> Input either via speaking text into the phone or typing it, or putting >> files into the app? >> Thanks in advance for any information, >> Greetings, Anouk, >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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