In the enterprise we looked at efficient ways to translate consumer comments. Just tried the Alexa real-time translation mode in German - English. Is now on all devices it seems. Works well ... You could do this previously, but you had to pause and say 'translate' and was process-klunky , now if you just pause it goes ahead and translates what you said. All I heard was right on, am sure you could trip it up, but for basic understanding - very useful. Devices with a screen will show the text and translation. And probably has issues with humor/satire/mood. Will compare with Google's translator method, which had worked quite well also. They do not do Chinese, which I understand Google does well.
Amazon launches Live Translation mode for Alexa VentureBeat by Kyle Wiggers
Amazon today rolled out Live Translation, a new Alexa feature that aims to assist with conversations between people who speak two different languages. Leveraging speech recognition and machine translation technology, Amazon says that Live Translation can interpret between a number of dialects in real time including English and French, Spanish, Hindi, Brazilians Portuguese, German, or Italian.
The pandemic appears to have supercharged voice app usage, which was already on an upswing. According to a study by NPR and Edison Research, the percentage of voice-enabled device owners who use commands at least once a day rose between the beginning of 2020 and the start of April. Just over a third of smart speaker owners say they listen to more music, entertainment, and news from their devices than they did before, and owners report requesting an average of 10.8 tasks per week from their assistant this year compared with 9.4 different tasks in 2019. And according to a new report from Juniper Research https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/350643/voice-assistant-usage-seen-growing-to-84-billion.html , consumers will interact with voice assistants on 8.4 billion devices by 2024 ... '
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