TranslationBy NICHOLAS WADE People have a deep desire to communicate with animals, as is evident from the way they converse with their dogs, enjoy myths about talking animals or devote lifetimes to teaching chimpanzees how to speak. A delicate, if tiny, step has now been taken toward the real thing: the creation of a mouse…

TranslationWhat’s the next big challenge for Kinect development? Natural speech recognition, says David Quinn, who worked on Kinect Sports and its sequel at Microsoft studio Rare. He’s one of the foremost experts in developing engineering solutions for the peripheral, having worked with it since its pre-release Project Natal days, and into the latest games for…

TranslationOn 19 June 2012, over 160 key players of the Language Technology (LT) industry met in Brussels for the first LT-Innovate Summit. The event showcased new technologies in LT, fostered investment opportunities, but most importantly, it successfully conveyed the message that Language Technologies are the missing piece in the puzzle of the EU’s strategy for…

TranslationAnyone who understands language knows that it is a changeable feature of society. Just look at English, for example. Can you even imagine speaking like a character from a Shakespearian drama in this day and age? Although the basic mechanics of languages remain more or less the same (sentence structure, grammar, etc.), and there are…

TranslationTechnology to Help You Communicate With the Locals No one wants to find themselves in a foreign land without the ability to ask where the bathroom is or how to avoid ending up on the wrong side of the tracks. Thanks to modern technology, there is no reason for the 21st century traveler to sweat…