andy andyr2dvdorg httpnewsbbccouk1hitechnology2219079stm us soldiers peacekeeping duties future could find portable translation device essential part equipment scientists carnegie mellon university developed prototype speech translator roadtested us army chaplains croatia project shows relatively simple speechtospeech translation system rapidly successfully constructed using todays tools said team carnegie mellon university research paper published recently research commissioned us army increasingly finding peacekeeping roles communication key speaking tongues balkans army supposed conquer somebody robert frederking carnegie mellon university told bbc programme go digital translators could essential us soldiers peacekeeping situation two guys trying beat holding apart cant shot one figure going talk said portable translator developed year using commercially available laptops army want fieldtest device battlefield situation instead translator tested us army chaplains croatia chaplains often end talk foreign nationals typically dont translation support explained mr frederking slow system trials chaplains used translator speak croatians knew smattering english system works speech recogniser picks words croatian turns speech text written words translated english read speech synthesizer went reasonably well half time said mr frederking though slow translating phrases research team admit system ready deployed field say trials showed portable translator could made work research development audio voice translation guide system project joint venture us army military manufacturer lockheed martin carnegie mellon university yahoo groups sponsor receive phone calls faxes youre online emerson switchboard eliminates need second phone line order switchboard today 3995 shipping handling httpusclickyahoocomp2spyao6keaamvfiaa7gsolbtm unsubscribe group send email forteanaunsubscribeegroupscom use yahoo groups subject httpdocsyahoocominfoterms wed 28 aug 2002 135058 0100 zzzzteana us army tests portable translator