Siri is more powerful than Apple lets on, so it’s up to the tweaking, hacking, tinkerish souls of the jailbreak community to unleash her full potential. Like this latest Siri hack, Lingual. It’s a jailbreak-only tweak that turns Siri into a translation device. Just say what you want to Siri, name the language you want to translate it to, and Siri will display it in its translated glory. More »
Google has one of the best language translation technologies around, which they’ve continually improved over the past few years. And now their Android app has the ability to support speech-to-speech translation in 14 languages. More »
According to Inside Facebook, Facebook is currently testing a translate button for international users to getting around the language barrier. Facebook will provide a button to translate users’ comments on the fly. More »
Tap-Translate is a new app (or really, a bookmarklet posing as an app) that translates words in foreign languages right from your phone’s browser. No exiting the app, no switching, no fuss. That means whenever you stumble upon something you don’t understand you just click on the bookmark, tap on the questionable word and let it translate. More »
