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...
Technology
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...
Business
WhatsApp Spanish Content Moderators Claim Unfair Payment
In an internal letter to the leadership of WhatsApp, Facebook, and Accenture, more than 100 Spanish-language moderators and customer service representatives for WhatsApp alleged...
Technology
Developing More Accessible Speech Recognition Systems
Researchers at Facebook have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that doesn’t need transcribed audio data to recognize speech — this means that the...
Localization
Weekly Shorts | February 19, 2021
Facebook fixes translation error that called farmers "peasants"
Facebook has removed its translation error from a recent covid-19 post on California governor Gavin Newsom's page,...
Uncategorized
Adobe announces a new, potentially horrifying level of personalization
How personal is too personal? We're looking at a world with full integration of all your data everywhere — a single, unified profile where every data point about your life inevitably interacts.
Business
Conversational UI Language Design at LocWorld35
Conversational UI localization and language design skills are central to a great user experience. CUI means we moved from a "user"-centric concept of design to a human-centric one. After all, what could be more "natural" that talking to a computer? Both humans and computers "converse" in dialog, and it's the language design knowledge for such a conversation that's critical to delivering a natural, human-like interaction between the two.
Technology
Language at the ❤ of Conversational Interfaces
A Chat About Language and UI
Chatbots and conversational interfaces are all the rage right with startups, VCs, innovators and users alike. Messenger apps have surpassed...
Localization
Icons: Global UX Considerations Revisited and Translators without Borders
I previously raised the issue of how context of use influences our perceptions of icons, and how globalization "best practices" and guidance about icons...
