Hands on With the PSP Talkman Translator

PSP News writes "Lik Sang has a review and hands on of Sonys new Talkman accessory for the PSP, which enables translation of 4 of the worlds most spoken languages. From the article: 'Traveling and meeting people from all around the globe sure is fun, but may have its drawbacks when you're not speaking the language. To ease this barrier, innovation comes via Sony which took ScanSoft's speech recognition software and created both an universal language interpreter and trainer for English and a couple of Asian languages: Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin) and Korean.'"

Vem behöver dessa?

[G3ckoG33k]

Sannolikt alla dessa icke språkkunniga folken som strövar över vidderna därute.

Re:Vem behöver dessa?

[WilliamSChips]

Not all of us have that translator, you insensitive clod!

My ears!!

[simp]

I'm not going to stick a PSP in my ear! Have you seen the size of it? I'm sticking to my fish, proven technology.

all i gotta say is...

[God'sDuck]

Software solutions are great, but *be sure* to memorize (with your brain) "Where can I buy batteries?" in your target language...

Phone line plug + Hindi

[spectrokid]

If it has a phone line plug, maybe we can use it for calling tech support?

Hack

[interiot]

How long until someone hacks it to speak Tux?

Okay, seriously... how long until I have one to use when travelling to Q'onoS?

Re:Vem behöver dessa?

[tpgp]

Swedish:

Sannolikt alla dessa icke språkkunniga folken som strövar över vidderna därute.

Translation from the talkman:

My hovercraft is full of eels.

I wonder how it would translate...

[xfletch]

"Hello sir, I can't be bothered to learn your language so would you mind speaking to the badly animated sesame street character on my portable gaming device?"

I guess this isn't going to be as big a hit among the international business community as Sony might have hoped.

Re:Vem behöver dessa?

[antifoidulus]

Can it translate half translated texts already? For example:
I want knulla with a hora but I have only sex krona so she shows me her fitta, I say "Tak!" and go home to do a little runka with my kuk.

I'm going to get one of these so...

[Kohath]

I'm going to get one of these so I can go visit a cave [engrish.com] and eat some butterflies.

We will regret this.

[Silverlancer]

The day people will regret the Talkman existing is the day that someone takes it and attempt to translate anime with it.

Hell that might actually be pretty funny...

Re:I wonder how it would translate...

[EvilMonkeySlayer]

"That is quite alright good sir, now could you please notice my large sharpened metal object and give your portable gaming device in much haste?"

Re:hm

[david.given]

But seriously: whom would you prefer to do business with - the guy who constantly tinkers with his PSP, or the other guy who actually bothered to learn your language?

Given that anyone who learned the language wouldn't be interested in getting the translator software, I think a better question is:

Who would you prefer to do business with - the guy who constantly tinkers with his PSP and is making an effort to communicate, or the other guy who thinks you're mentally subnormal because you don't speak English?

Obligatory Futurama quote

[arose]

Well then, good news! It's a suppository.

Re:The best technology language learning technique

[biglig2]

I think the only way to really learn a foreign language is to get a lover who speaks that language.

Yeah, that's really useful advice to give on Slashdot, thanks....