• Times (UK), Monday, February 8, 2010 1:13 PM

According to the Times (UK), Google is working on developing software for a mobile phone that could translate the words of two speakers -- speaking different languages -- having a conversation in real-time. The field of translation isn't entirely foreign to the search giant. Its Google Translate service presently translates over 50 languages, some of which have completely different alphabets.

Google also has a voice recognition system that enables phone users to conduct web searches by speaking commands into their phones rather than typing them in. Franz Och, head of Google's translation services, says to expect the phone in a few years. The software will be designed to learn one's accent, dialect and general manner of speaking, and become more accurate with continued use.

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