Language translation is a hot field for artificial intelligence in general. At CES 2026 last week, for instance, CNET's Macy Meyer tried out a phone -sized device and companion headphones that let her ...

Raytheon’s BBN Technologies this week got a $17 million contract to finish a five-year project that will result in a software system that can transcribe, translate and distill large volumes of speech ...

Looking to create a system that quickly converts documents in foreign languages into English so that military personnel can react more rapidly to threats, DARPA today awarded BBN Technologies a $5.6 ...

In a globalized world, where audio is moving at a higher rate than text, language should not be an obstacle. The use of ...

In today's economy, businesses need to have a fast-paced, global reach in order to compete. Large corporations can afford to hire employees who speak a variety of languages and put them in strategic ...

June 26 (UPI) --Licenses for foreign language translation software are being provided to the U.S. Army for one year by Raytheon BBN Technologies. The licensing of the software to the U.S. Army's ...

With the Nexus One, Google made voice commands an integral part of the phone’s user interface. In addition to voice searching — a feature on all Android phones — Nexus One users can also dictate ...

Not all deaf people can read well. That might sound counter-intuitive to anyone familiar with closed-captioning on television screens. But many people who were born deaf see the printed word as a ...