Meta reaches 200-language milestone in No Language Left Behind initiative
The announcement comes just a few months after the company announced that it would begin a project to develop a machine translation (MT) tool that can translate the majority of the world’s 7,000 or so languages.
Speechmatics raises $62 million in Series B for inclusive speech recognition
The startup claims to have developed the “most accurate and inclusive speech-to-text engine available,” noting that it is able to accurately transcribe speech from a wide range of unique dialects and accents more accurately than other major software.
One year after acquiring MT startup, Zoom launches translation feature
At the time of the acquisition, Zoom’s president of product and engineering said that MT would be the “key in enhancing our platform for Zoom customers across the globe.”
Accent-translation startup raises $32 million in Series A
Sanas, a Palo Alto, CA-based technology startup, received $32 million in Series A funding, according to an announcement earlier this week.
Mapping cross-linguistic similarities with Lexibank
Inspired by databases that store genetic information, an interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed Lexibank — a database that aims to help shed light on the world’s linguistic diversity and language evolution.
DALL·E 2 AI program baffles scientists by inventing new language
Two researchers at the University of Texas Austin working on the DALL·E 2 program have come to a stunning conclusion: the artificial intelligence (AI) program is now inventing its own language.
Can images be used to enhance machine translation output?
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), and IBM have developed a machine learning model that just might shake things up in the field of machine translation (MT): VALHALLA.
André Köhler shares thoughts on working with LSPs
Software manufacturers are quickly becoming an invaluable partner for Language Service Providers (LSPs). And that's something Prof. Dr. André Köhler knows a thing or to about.
Could Google’s AR glasses break language barriers?
Earlier this month, Google gave the public a sneak peek at its latest piece of translation technology: a pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses that translates spoken language in real time.