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Grunt, Woof and Moo to you too
Thursday, April 1, 2010
For millennia man and animal have tolerantly coexisted, separated by language and the development of opposable thumbs. Today we can proudly say that we have overcome one of those hurdles. Presenting
Google Translate for Animals
, a new application available in Android Market.
This application allows you to record animals sounds and have the sounds analyzed and translated into English by Google Translate. With animal translation you can now finally understand why Spot keeps peeing in your closet or why Pickles keeps leaving dead mice in the tub. No longer must humanity struggle to comprehend when Lassie warns, “Hurry, Timmy’s fallen down the well!”
The technology isn’t perfect yet, so you may discover some translations that don’t make perfect sense. The algorithms are always improving however, thanks to the large corpus of cute cat videos that have been uploaded to YouTube.
We think that this is an exciting step in understanding and communicating with the world around us. Stay tuned for the addition of “old car” and “stomach” to the translation capabilities of the application this summer.
Posted by Woof Woofington, Product Barketing Manager via Google Translate for Animals
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