Main image via roshenmaghhan / Twitter
It can be annoying sometimes when you’re hanging out with a group of friends or family that speak a different language or dialect and you’re just left clueless all the time! But this guy decided to solve the problem himself!
This Malaysian guy, Roshen Maghhan was facing the same issue at his work place and decided to invent his OWN real-time translator!
He tweeted that he was working at a software development company about six months ago and his colleagues would often have casual meetings at work, but he would always end up feeling clueless because most of them conversed in Mandarin.
And while his colleagues had no intention of leaving him out of their conversations, they would always go back to conversing in Mandarin shortly after he asked them to converse in English!
So he recalled about how an earbud tech called Google Pixel Buds was able to translate languages in real-time but unfortunately it costs close to RM800! So he decided to BUILD the thing himself!
He gathered all the things he needed: Google Pixel Buds' hardware information, Google Translate API (RM0.53), ResponsiveVoice API (voice synthesiser), and earphones with a microphone!
And he ended up with a real-time translator that is able to translate on the go and can even label different voices as different users so you don’t get confused on who said what.
And to make it better, he even made the translator able to highlight certain words that is considered as a topic and even gives you a minute summary on the topic when you click on it!
Many netizens praised him for his skills and some even asked him to do a PhD and patent his idea!
We are certainly impressed by his invention! Do you have difficulty understanding your friends or colleagues too? Maybe this would help!
Info via roshenmaghhan / Twitter
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