IP: Real-time translation software

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Love to try this one djf




> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: Pamela Jones <pmljn19 () mindspring com>
> Subject: Real-time translation software
>
> Dave,
>
> Reuters is reporting that Lotus Ireland, a subsidiary of IBM, has developed
> a real-time software translation product.
> http://news.excite.com/news/r/000621/12/tech-lotus
>
> "DUBLIN, June 21 (Reuters) - Lotus Ireland, a subsidiary of International
> Business Machines Corp, said on Wednesday it had developed a new software
> product allowing people speaking different languages to communicate across
> the Web.
>
> "The new system, called Lotus Translation Services for Sametime (LTSS),
> translates Web chat and communications as typed in real time, and will go
> on sale in September, Lotus Ireland said....The Sametime product would open
> up the Internet as a truly global, multilingual vehicle for the first time,
> he added.
>
> The software employs Java technologies...
>
> Pamela Jones
> www.myemom.com