Sigmo translator for the future?

briansue wrote:
A new device showed up on the internet for translating languages with the capability of verbal translation. There may be other such devices. This has probably been covered before but things change and technology moves on. FIRST this thing says it will not be ready for the public until January 2014. It says it works with Android and iPhone

Try and learn some Espanol. All you need is a few hundred words and few pages of grammar. And to memorize this, of course. You won't understand much of what they are saying, but you will understand some and will be able to express yourself.

Those voice translation devices don't work well in a desktop PC with internet connection. It won't work any better via cell phone data connection. Even written/typed text doesn't work well, robots just don't have enough flexibility. You will get Spanish "el" translated as "the" when it really means "he", and vice versa. In a pinch, this device could be useful, but only as the last resort because it can and will make mistakes and it won't tell you when.

For a cell phone, I just don't call when I'm "there". Other gringos use AT&T or prepaid Telcel throw-away phone available in Mex stores.