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03-02-2018, 09:08 AM
Alexa is already multilingual but Amazon wants to make her more fluent, report says
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Alexa is brushing up on her language (https://developer.amazon.com/docs/custom-skills/develop-skills-in-multiple-languages.html/?tag=mashable-editpost-20) skills.
Amazon's voice-enabled digital assistant will reportedly soon become an on-the-go real-time language translator.
SEE ALSO: There's finally a board game powered by Amazon Alexa (https://mashable.com/2018/02/18/amazon-alexa-board-game/)
Alexa's English, German, and Japanese skills will need to be rounded out when she becomes what Yahoo reports (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-aims-turn-alexa-universal-real-time-language-translator-150024721.html) as a "multilingual assistant who can help in almost any situation."*
An Alexa "skill" already translates (https://www.amazon.com/Translated/dp/B01N9BZJPZ?tag=mashable-editpost-20) short sentences in English into 36 languages including Arabic, Hindi, Indonesian, Polish, Thai and many more — but just short phrases and words. Context and a more sophisticated take on culture will make the assistant useful in real-time moments, as Yahoo reported based on several unnamed sources close to the project. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/01/alexa-languages-amazon-translator/)
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Alexa is brushing up on her language (https://developer.amazon.com/docs/custom-skills/develop-skills-in-multiple-languages.html/?tag=mashable-editpost-20) skills.
Amazon's voice-enabled digital assistant will reportedly soon become an on-the-go real-time language translator.
SEE ALSO: There's finally a board game powered by Amazon Alexa (https://mashable.com/2018/02/18/amazon-alexa-board-game/)
Alexa's English, German, and Japanese skills will need to be rounded out when she becomes what Yahoo reports (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-aims-turn-alexa-universal-real-time-language-translator-150024721.html) as a "multilingual assistant who can help in almost any situation."*
An Alexa "skill" already translates (https://www.amazon.com/Translated/dp/B01N9BZJPZ?tag=mashable-editpost-20) short sentences in English into 36 languages including Arabic, Hindi, Indonesian, Polish, Thai and many more — but just short phrases and words. Context and a more sophisticated take on culture will make the assistant useful in real-time moments, as Yahoo reported based on several unnamed sources close to the project. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/01/alexa-languages-amazon-translator/)
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