wraggster
January 12th, 2006, 18:16
Source - C&VG (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php?id=132422)
We like to pride ourselves on our multi-national routes. We've an editor who frequents Poland more than an actual Pole, a news ed who was raised in the Welsh valleys and a deputy ed who once looked at a holiday brochure - unfortunately, the only bits of foreign we can repeat on demand are "Mae mynci ar y teledu" and "La gare est dans la petite poubelle avec le grand chat et le baguette fableux". Neither of which we've had much call to use recently.
Thankfully, Sony's now at hand to soothe our language woes with the announcement that the company will be bringing its translator software Talkman to the PSP this May. The European version contains over 3000 phrases and six different languages - French, English, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. And it comes with a microphone, so if you're having trouble with your trumpet in France, all you need to do is speak the phrase you desire and Talkman will come back with something like "Il y a confiture dans ma trompette" to pimp around the musical quarter.
As well as the translator tool, Talkman also features a Pronuciation Game (for practicing your noises) and a Listening Game where you're tasked with identifying the correctly translated phrase based on a spoken sentence. Finally, the software also features a Voice Memo, Unit Convertor, Alarm Mode and Friend Map to top it all off.
C'est le sac magique!
We like to pride ourselves on our multi-national routes. We've an editor who frequents Poland more than an actual Pole, a news ed who was raised in the Welsh valleys and a deputy ed who once looked at a holiday brochure - unfortunately, the only bits of foreign we can repeat on demand are "Mae mynci ar y teledu" and "La gare est dans la petite poubelle avec le grand chat et le baguette fableux". Neither of which we've had much call to use recently.
Thankfully, Sony's now at hand to soothe our language woes with the announcement that the company will be bringing its translator software Talkman to the PSP this May. The European version contains over 3000 phrases and six different languages - French, English, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. And it comes with a microphone, so if you're having trouble with your trumpet in France, all you need to do is speak the phrase you desire and Talkman will come back with something like "Il y a confiture dans ma trompette" to pimp around the musical quarter.
As well as the translator tool, Talkman also features a Pronuciation Game (for practicing your noises) and a Listening Game where you're tasked with identifying the correctly translated phrase based on a spoken sentence. Finally, the software also features a Voice Memo, Unit Convertor, Alarm Mode and Friend Map to top it all off.
C'est le sac magique!