Get ready for AI-dubbed YouTube videos

Get ready for AI-dubbed YouTube videos

Google YouTube has reportedly started rolling out a new AI-empowered translation feature for its content creators, one that will automatically redub a video’s contents into one of nine languages without changing the speaker’s voice. According to a post from X user @levelsio, “YouTube will now auto dub videos in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, … Read more

Speak easy? The ups and downs of travel translation apps

Speak easy? The ups and downs of travel translation apps

Travelling to destinations where you don’t speak the local language can leave you lost in translation. Communicating in the local language helps advance cultural exchange and improves engagement with locals. Overcoming language barriers increases travellers’ ability to immerse themselves in the local culture. Translation apps are not a replacement for organic fluency, but they can … Read more

Google Translate now supports Cantonese after its biggest language expansion, driven by AI

Google Translate now supports Cantonese after its biggest language expansion, driven by AI

Google has added Cantonese to its Google Translate service, as part of its largest-ever expansion that saw 110 new languages being supported, aided by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology. From Thursday, users of the app and browser versions of the Google tool can translate between 243 languages, including Cantonese, a Chinese dialect widely spoken in … Read more

This ‘AI’ Interpreter Is A Game Changer Among Translation Gadgets [Review]

This ‘AI’ Interpreter Is A Game Changer Among Translation Gadgets [Review]

NOTE: This article is a contribution and do not necessarily represent the views of IBTimes. In a world that’s now more connected than ever, we must be able to communicate our ideas and words to various audiences and the people we interact with. But for the most part, the one thing that hinders us from … Read more

This AI gadget let me speak in languages I don’t know or understand

This AI gadget let me speak in languages I don’t know or understand

Tushar Mehta / Digital Trends The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy declares the “Babel” fish to be “probably the oddest thing in the Universe.” It’s described as a “leech-like” fish that fits into your ear, feeds off of the brainwaves in the surroundings, and then defecates inside your ear to produce sounds in a language … Read more