Google Creates Transcribe

Had seen and noted this before, likely quite helpful for business applications.  I remember noting its need to be embedded in the enterprise Looking forward to see it on Assistant and  IOS Devices.

Google Translate launches Transcribe for Android in 8 languages   By Khari Johnson

Google Translate today launched Transcribe for Android, a feature that delivers a continual, real-time translation of a conversation. Transcribe will begin by rolling out support for 8 languages in the coming days: English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai. With Transcribe, Translate is now capable of translating classroom or conference lectures with no time limits, whereas before speech-to-text AI in Translate lasted no longer than a word, phrase, or sentence. Google plans to bring Transcribe to iOS devices at an unspecified date in the future. ..... " 

Longer Form Translation for Assistants

Have mentioned some experimentation with real time longer form translation, as it can exist within the framework of voice driven assistants.  Impressive so far.

Google Assistant can now read or translate websites and Android app content   By Khari Johnson

Google Assistant is able to read web pages and news articles on Android devices worldwide today, a company spokesperson told VentureBeat. You can trigger the feature by simply saying “Hey Google, read it” or “Hey Google, read this page.”

If you land on a webpage in a language you don’t understand, Google Assistant is also able to read and translate 42 languages into your preferred language. A full list of supported languages can be seen in the video above.  ... "