VoiceTra: Your Pocket-Sized Multilingual Translator for Seamless Travel
VoiceTra is a free, user-friendly speech translation app designed to bridge language barriers during your travels or when interacting with international visitors in Japan. Leveraging cutting-edge speech recognition, translation, and synthesis technologies from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), VoiceTra supports 31 languages.
Key Features:
- High-Precision Translation: Experience accurate translations of spoken words, delivered in a synthesized voice. Instantaneous switching of translation direction facilitates two-way conversations using a single device.
- Text Input Capability: For languages lacking speech input support, text input is available.
- Contextual Understanding: While usable as a dictionary, inputting full sentences is recommended for optimal translation accuracy, as VoiceTra interprets meaning within the context of the sentence.
- Wide Range of Applications: Ideal for travel scenarios, including transportation (buses, trains, taxis, airports), shopping, hotels (check-in/out), and sightseeing. It's also a valuable tool for businesses interacting with international clients.
- Disaster Preparedness: VoiceTra has been recognized as a useful tool for disaster response and prevention.
Supported Languages:
Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Thai, French, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Spanish, Burmese, Arabic, Italian, Ukrainian, Urdu, Dutch, Khmer, Sinhala, Danish, German, Turkish, Nepali, Hungarian, Hindi, Filipino, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Malay, Mongolian, Lao, and Russian.
Important Considerations:
- Internet Connection Required: An active internet connection is necessary for app functionality. Translation speed may vary depending on network conditions.
- Text Input Limitations: Text input availability depends on your device's operating system keyboard support.
- Font Compatibility: Ensure your device has the necessary fonts installed for proper character display.
- Server Dependency: Service availability is contingent on server uptime.
- Data Costs: Users are responsible for all data charges incurred. International roaming fees can be substantial.
- Research Application: VoiceTra is a research application; data collected is used to improve speech translation technologies. For continuous business use, consider licensed private services. See the Terms of Use for details: https://voicetra.nict.go.jp/en/attention.html
Version 9.0.4 (Updated August 20, 2024):
- Android 14 compatibility added.
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