As a first step in the massive social network project to create an automatic sound translation tool that operates in real time and in all languages, Meta (owner of Facebook and Instagram) has announced that it has created a translation system for the Taiwanese language that does not adopt uniform standards.
The sizable American organisation stated in a statement that “this technology allows Taiwanese speakers to converse with English speakers.
” The information program is still not yet accomplished, and it allows at this stage the translation of one sentence at a time, but that constitutes a “first step towards a future in which the simultaneous translation of the languages will be possible”, according to the company.
According to the National Institute for Eastern Languages and Civilizations in Paris, more than 30 million people in Taiwan and other Asian countries pronounce Baltiwania.
According to Meta, this language lacks a standard writing system, just like “more than 40% of around seven thousand active languages” worldwide.
For automatic translation to function well, the current artificial intelligence systems require extensive text analysis.
Meta’s statement pointed out that her researchers specializing in artificial intelligence “faced many obstacles, from collecting data to setting a graphic model to evaluating” results.
To ensure that their technology accurately translates oral conversation without the need for written translation, the researchers conducted correspondence in an intermediary language.
The American firm plans to employ the “Global Translator” project, which will be created for it, and will place its information symbols at the behaviour of other artificial intelligence researchers.
Mita stated that her UNIVERSAL SPECLICOR project, dubbed “UST,” seeks to “help to dropping barriers and bring people closer wherever they are.”
Mita’s quest to create an universal audio translator is progressing.
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