SpeechGuard Helps Doctors and Policemen Break Language Barriers
SpeechGuard Homeland Security
My nephew loves the Pendragon Adventure series by DJ MacHale, and being a good aunt, I read the books with him so we could discuss them with each other. Even though I think Bobby Pendragon is by far inferior to Harry Potter, I do admire Bobby’s ability to understand other people’s speech as if it were spoken in his own language, English, and to speak English in a way that other people understand it as if he were speaking their language. (I also admire Jesus’ disciples’ ability “to speak in different tongues” as well, but I guess some people including me find it easier to “believe” fictional characters than real ones.)
Even though normal humans do not have the ability of Bobby or the disciples to communicate with people who do not speak our language, ECTACO had offered us a device that would allow some of us to compensate for our plebeian limitation. This device is called SpeechGuard. It is “[t]he world’s first handheld speech-to-speech multilingual translator.” SpeechGuard, however, is not meant for the general public, but it is specifically designed for professions in these four areas: (1) Law Enforcement; (2) Medical, Fire, and Rescue; (3) Military; and (4) Transportation Security.
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