Indian Social Media Platform Promotes Multilingualism
Koo, an Indian microblogging social media platform that was launched in late 2019, has announced that it is currently looking to expand the social...
Microsoft Turing Model Tops NLP Leaderboard
A Microsoft-developed language representation model has been ranked among the best in the world on Google’s Cross-Lingual Transfer Evaluation of Multilingual Encoders (XTREME) public...
Speech Recognition Software Finally Works for Children
If you’ve ever used Siri — or any of the other dozens of virtual assistant style apps out there — you probably know firsthand...
WhatsApp Developing Automatic Transcription Feature
WhatsApp is currently working on developing an in-app speech recognition and automatic transcription system for the iOS app’s voice message feature, according to WhatsApp...
SignLab Amsterdam Works on MT for Signed Languages
It’s easy to take the overhead announcements in train stations and airports for granted, but oftentimes they present passengers with indispensable information about weather...
Zoom Announces Launch of Live Translation in 12 Languages
The digital communications platform Zoom announced Sept. 13 that the company will be launching a new live translation feature to the platform within the...
Launching Language Operations (LangOps): A Unified Language Strategy to Unleash Growth
Sponsored: We’ve been working hard to change the future of language and its impact on your business. We’re now introducing a new technology category:...
TikTok Users Revive Secret African American Language
In the 18th Century, African American enslaved people developed a secret language that was used to encode private communication and also teach each other...
Google Presents Updated S2ST Model, Mitigates Deepfake Potential
When Google first announced the development of the Translatotron in 2019, the speech-to-speech translation program was commended for its ability to produce target language...