Reddit is bringing machine learning-powered translations to more than 35 new locales in Europe, Asia and Latin America in a move designed to open the largely English-centric social network to more users. The service comes nearly five months after Reddit first introduced site-wide translation for French-speakers, though the company had previously enabled users to translate […]
Apple upgrades watchOS with AI-powered features, including translation
Apple’s watchOS is getting a few AI-powered upgrades, the company revealed at its Apple Event 2024 on Monday. Most were revealed at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, but Apple shed a bit more light during its keynote this morning. The Translate app is coming to the latest version of watchOS, watchOS 11. […]
Botched Translation That Nearly Ruined K-Dramas
While South Korean media has effectively taken over the globe in terms of popularity, much of its success depends on how well the messages in the original language are being communicated to its audiences. For K-Dramas, that means the quality of subtitles plays a major role in connecting with viewers. A botched translation could very […]
EasyTranslate thinks augmenting LLMs with humans will give it an edge over pure AI translation services
You might think new generative AI startups like Eleven Labs are the hottest game in town for translation services. But voice translation was long ago preceded by another market, targeted some time ago by startups: content translation. Any company with an international presence needs to have their content translated around the world, so this remains […]
Mixhalo’s latest feature uses AI to beam real-time translation to phones at events
Live event audio streaming platform Mixhalo this week announced the launch of a new translation offering. The simply named Mixhalo Translate couples the startup’s ultra-low latency in-person streaming with AI-generated audio translations. It’s a pairing that makes plenty of sense in a conference setting. “Interpretation at conferences and live events is done the same way […]