Amazon
Press Release
RWS Expands Collaboration With AWS to Launch GenAI-Powered Language and Content Solutions
RWS announces a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop AI-powered solutions aimed at increasing efficiencies in content creation, translation, and delivery.
Press Release
SyncWords Awarded Key Patent for Automated Voice Translations in Live Video Streams for Global Customers
SyncWords' partnership with AWS Elemental enhances live streaming with multilingual capabilities for global accessibility.
Yanming Li
"Ever since I helped 'interpret' for the adults on an oversea trip at 10 years old, I have been hopelessly hooked on languages and culture. It has been a complete dream come true to work in this endlessly fascinating field."
Spence Green An AI Vision For Localization
Supported By Lilt
Spence Green explains how his experience as a research scientist at Google Translate over a decade ago sparked a grand idea: use AI to make all products and services available in all the world’s languages. Cut to modern day, and his company LILT is hard at work towards that vision. Green spoke with MultiLingual about what’s next for LILT and where he sees the localization industry going.
Technology
UIUC partners with tech companies to improve speech recognition for individuals with disabilities
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple may have competing interests, but they’ve recently found one thing to work together on: All five of these big tech companies have joined forces to support the Speech Accessibility Project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Technology
Alexa AI’s machine translation controls for formality, ranks first place
As with other context-dependent forms of language, such as slang, formality can be difficult for MT systems to get just right, especially since languages express formality quite differently.
Technology
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.
Press Release
Translation software company undergoes AWS Well-Architected Review
The Well-Architected Review provides an assessment and recommended remediation for adherence to AWS’ six pillars of excellence in the categories of operation, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization and sustainability.
Localization
Open World E07 Ft. Kate Edwards – LocFact #TheSims
Alexis: Hi, everyone. Welcome to another LocFact.
Loretta: Hi, guys. For today's LocFact, we will be talking about a game that has sold enough copies...
