The next best thing to a Babel fish

December 6, 2006

Speech researcher Tanja Schlutz of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, has helped to develop a device that will automatically translate speech into a foreign language. Electrodes attached to the face and neck, detect and interpret the patterns of signals that are sent to the facial muscles as the person mouths words. Starting to not feel as guilty for putting off the French evening classes. Source: New Scientist

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