Today, Google has announced even more good news for Android users in Brazil, Czech republic, Holland (Netherlands), France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, China, Poland, Russia and Turkey, as the Android Conversation Mode has now been expanded to include 14 new languages i.e. Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Russian and Turkish respectively.
How To Use Google Translate For Android, With Conversation Mode
In order to use the Conversation Mode, users have to speak into their phone’s microphone, and the Translate app will translate what they have said and read the translation out loud. The person they are speaking with can then reply in their language, and Conversation Mode will translate what they said and read it back.
Limitations of Google Translate, So Far
Factors such as background noise and regional accents may still affect the accuracy of the Conversation Mode technology because it is still in its alpha phase. However, the quality is expected to increase the more people use it anywhere in the world. Furthermore, there are additional features that can make it easier to speak and read as you translate. For example, if you wanted to say “Where is the train?” but Google Translate recognizes your speech as “Where is the rain?”, you can now correct the text before you translate it. You can also add unrecognized words to your personal dictionary.
Finally, the app has also been optimised for larger screens like the Android tablet. Whilst still working to expand full Conversation Mode to even more languages, Google Translate for Android will still support text translation among 63 languages, voice input in 17 of those languages, and text-to-speech in 24 of them.
Interested Android users can download the Google Translate app in the Android Market where it is available for tablets and phones running Android 2.2 and above.