Newly Developed Earpiece Translates Foreign Conversations in an Instant

Over the past few years, a variety of new technology on translators has been in a continuous stream. There are downloadable mobile apps that could help translate written information. Google even launched Google Translate Images, an app where pictures of written information captured by a mobile phone camera can be automatically translated. However, not one company has ever been successful in providing accurate translations to spoken information, much more wearable technology that could do this.

For anyone, language barriers are never easy, but New York-based technology start-up Waverly Labs has provided a solution to this age-old problem. An ear bud that could do wonders, the Pilot is a piece of wearable technology in the form of a smart earpiece. It has been designed to automatically translate spoken information in an instant. Waverly Labs founder Andrew Ochoasaid in a report that this piece of technology would allow a continuous conversation between individuals because the device could instantly process and translate any language it detects to the preferred dialect of the user.  

The detected data from the speaker is sent to an app which converts it into text. This converted text is then translated and transformed to its spoken form before being sent back to the receiver. Two pieces are available upon purchase, a piece for every user. There are a number of native languages available from which both users could select from. The first set of languages available includes Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, and Italian. It is continuously being developed to accommodate more languages.

But the use of the Pilot does not end there. It could be used as normal ear buds for listening to music, watching movies, or answering phone calls. This device could also record past conversations and save them in a phrasebook for future references.   

The Pilot, a pioneer of many more of Waverly Lab's products, is expected to hit the stores in the spring of 2017 and is estimated to retail at $299.