Tag: Amazon
UIUC partners with tech companies to improve speech recognition for individuals...
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).
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.
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.
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.
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...
Amazon Translate, Google Translate, Susceptible to Attacks
Toward the end of 2020, Amazon launched a Live Translation feature for its Alexa virtual assistant — according to a recent report from How-To...
The Future of Language Technology: The Benefits and Dangers of Translation...
SPONSORED: A translation proxy can be an effective tool, but only in very specific cases
If you’re a company that operates in one or very few markets, it’s vital to expand your offerings...
Friday Roundup | December 25, 2020
Amazon adds translation to Alexa
Amazon has launched Alexa Live Translation which — according to a blog on the company's site — "allows individuals speaking...
Mario Bros Anniversary, Nintendo Localization Stumbles
Nintendo is celebrating the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros this year, but the game that centers around two fictional Italian plumbers may have...
Was Amazon’s Giant Translation Gaffe a Marketing Ploy?
“It felt like a huge prank,” said translation industry business consultant Anne-Marie Colliander Lind in a conversation about Amazon’s botched launch of amazon.se in...
Friday Roundup | October 16, 2020
XTM announces new version of XTM Cloud
XTM International, the company behind the enterprise cloud-based translation management system, announced the release of its new version...
Visual Composer makes Citizen Developer a Citoyen du Monde
Interesting to see that Facebook has announced the launch of a multilingual composer tool that enables users to post their status updates in different...