This document describes a mobile app that aims to help non-native speakers in Western New York overcome language barriers by allowing for real-time translation between two users via either Google Glass or a mobile phone. The app uses speech-to-text, server-based translation, and text-to-speech to enable conversations, as well as face recognition for pairing users, though the developers acknowledge challenges with translation accuracy, registration steps, and recognition speed.
2. Targeted problem
There are a lot of non-native people in WNY area
They may come to study in university, as tourist or do bussiness
They need to communicate with native people
But language barrier can be a big problem......
We hope, with our app, we can overcome the language barrier
3. Our approach
An app that can run on both google glass and mobile phone
Simple dialog pairing method by face recognition
Speech to text, send to server, translate, send to the other people,
then text to speech
Translate is fast and can be comparable to human translator on
translate speed
4. Our struggle
Though our approach can solve the language problem well, it still
have some defect
The translation accuracy is still not perfect
Still need user registration
Face recognition still takes time
5. Thank you!
We are still working on the project to make it even better!
6. Thank you!
We are still working on the project to make it even better!