Latin America. At Mobile World Congress 2018, Fujitsu presented Live Talk, a multilingual translator in 19 languages, an ARTIFICIAL Intelligence-based solution and a Cloud engine, which recognizes what the speaker says and instantly displays the translation in the selected language or languages, on one or more screens in real time.
The 19 languages it includes today are: English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, German, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Japanese and Catalan.
It is a software that can be configured to speak in as many languages as necessary in the same conversation. It was created in 2015 by the Japanese multinational mainly for deaf people, but now its use is widespread.
It is important to note that it opens a great opportunity for the deaf, since it allows them to work anywhere in the world, without having to know the language, which makes it a powerful tool for participatory communication.
Its uses are numerous, from a corporate meeting, at school, to tourism issues, international events, hospitals, government agencies, etc. It is ideal for companies that do business globally and have the need to incorporate new tools, which support the international communication of their staff.
There are no limits to including languages in a conversation or to words since the system detects different speakers. And it provides a low-stress work environment by eliminating time lags as it is used at a natural pace of conversation.
As for how to use it, users simply set their preferred display language on their device and once done, the words are displayed on their screen translated into this language. There are no limits on quantity or combinations, you could simultaneously use the 19 languages created so far in a group conversation.
The system also knows who the speaker is in each conversation, even with several participants, even if they speak at the same time. It can also be used with a keyboard, hence its interest for deaf people. Today it works with Windows 7, 8 and 10 systems and the mobile version is being developed, both for tablets and smartphones, right now in tests in Japan.
