From d449c8c0961a6d66ff7564c4ea87e118c2e59246 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Bennett Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:25:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- 6-consumer/lessons/4-multiple-language-support/README.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/6-consumer/lessons/4-multiple-language-support/README.md b/6-consumer/lessons/4-multiple-language-support/README.md index 74a0a458..7a6bf1d6 100644 --- a/6-consumer/lessons/4-multiple-language-support/README.md +++ b/6-consumer/lessons/4-multiple-language-support/README.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Add a sketchnote if possible/appropriate -> 🎥 This video gives an overview of the Azure speech services, covering speech to text and text to speech from earlier lessons, as well as translating speech, a topic covered in this lesson: +This video gives an overview of the Azure speech services, covering speech to text and text to speech from earlier lessons, as well as translating speech, a topic covered in this lesson: [![Recognizing speech with a few lines of Python from Microsoft Build 2020](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h6xbpMPSGEA/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6xbpMPSGEA) @@ -125,10 +125,12 @@ Imagine you are building a smart timer that uses English end-to-end, understandi Machine translations also open up possibilities for apps and devices that can translate user-created content as it is created. Science fiction regularly features 'universal translators', devices that can translate from alien languages into (typically) American English. These devices are less science fiction, more science fact, if you ignore the alien part. There are already apps and devices that provide real-time translation of speech and written text, using combinations of speech and translation services. -> 🎥 One example is the [Microsoft Translator](https://www.microsoft.com/translator/apps/?WT.mc_id=academic-17441-jabenn) mobile phone app, demonstrated in this video: +One example is the [Microsoft Translator](https://www.microsoft.com/translator/apps/?WT.mc_id=academic-17441-jabenn) mobile phone app, demonstrated in this video: [![Microsoft Translator live feature in action](https://img.youtube.com/vi/16yAGeP2FuM/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16yAGeP2FuM) +> 🎥 Click the image above to watch a video + Imagine having such a device available to you, especially when travelling or interacting with folks whose language you don't know. Having automatic translation devices in airports or hospitals would provide much needed accessibility improvements. ✅ Do some research: Are there any translation IoT devices commercially available? What about translation capabilities built into smart devices?