NEC Software Translates Japanese/English on Mobile Phones

By Contributor Wireless and Mobile News on January 5, 2009 1:26 PM

NEC Corporation announced it that it has improved its mobile phone software that translates common travel words and phrases in Japanese and English. It automatically translates from Japanese to English and English to Japanese.

The translation software doesn't need network connections or outside servers.

The software recognizes a word or phrase quickly and translates them in a few moments. NEC will continue to improve the software and services.

High Precision Voice Recognition
The accuracy of NEC's voice recognition software under noisy conditions has been significantly improved, while the size of the device has been considerably reduced.
Improved Voice Recognition and Translation Engine Accuracy
NEC has significantly improved the range of words and expressions recognized by the device through an expanded database that has not increased the size of the product.
Embedded Mobile Phone Interpretation Technology
The accuracy, speed and capacity of both the voice recognition and automatic interpretation engines have been significantly improved and adapted for mobile. Furthermore, in addition to existing Japanese to English interpretation, English to Japanese interpretation as also been developed.