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February 19, 2012 – 2:44 pm

Speaking of my daughter ChloÁ«, she dropped by today and showed me an amazing new application she has downloaded for her iPhone. I’m a lifelong techie, and it takes a lot to bowl me over, but I’m bowled over.

See it in action here.

Posted by Malcolm on at 2:44 pm, filed under Technology. RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

6 Comments

  1. JK says

    But is it able to translate my comments?

    Posted February 19, 2012 at 2:59 pm | Permalink
  2. Dr. Strangelove says

    Considering how piss porr most translation services online are, I’m shocked. The speed is also amazing.

    Posted February 19, 2012 at 6:26 pm | Permalink
  3. Kevin Kim says

    I think it’ll work fairly well for European languages, but if Google Translate is any indication, it’s going to be a mess for Asian languages.

    Posted February 19, 2012 at 6:35 pm | Permalink
  4. Malcolm says

    C’mon, JK, be reasonable. It’s a great app, but there are limits to what’s possible.

    Posted February 19, 2012 at 10:51 pm | Permalink
  5. Kevin Kim says

    Next step: the “beer goggles” version of augmented reality, in which ugly guys and gals are rendered handsome through the magic of a phone app. Sort of like Ray Winstone’s transformation into the svelte Beowulf.

    Posted February 20, 2012 at 3:17 am | Permalink
  6. Horace Jeffery Hodges says

    Well, it worked successfully on this Korean sign.

    Jeffery Hodges

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    Posted February 20, 2012 at 8:34 pm | Permalink

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