Google gets some competition in the smartphone translator app space

It's not often that an app comes along just as you think of needing it, but that's exactly what happened this weekend when I stumbled upon a new app focused on language translation

I was in the middle of showing a friend how well Siri takes dictation in English and Japanese (my input) and French and Spanish (her input) when she asked if there was an app, other than Google's, that automatically translates your dictation in one language into another. I drew a blank. Hours later, I found the answer: Speak and Translate

The app allows you to speak into your iPhone or iPad in one language and automatic have that phrase translated into an audio replay of that phrase in your target language. As with many dictation apps, you need to speak clearly and not too fast, but when you do, the app renders a pretty good result. The app also works for text translations, with options that allow you to seamlessly email or text anything you've translated in the app Read more...