NTT DOCOMO to Introduce Mobile Translation of Conversations and Signage

NTT DOCOMO today announced that on November 1 it will launch the world's first commercial mobile service for translation of conversations between people speaking Japanese and other languages, called Hanashite Hon'yaku (automatic voice translation service). DOCOMO also announced today the October 11 launch of Utsushite Hon'yaku (AR translator with word recognition camera), which translates foreign menus and signage by simply placing a smartphone camera in front of text. Hanashite Hon'yaku provides translations between Japanese and the receiver's language, currently English, Chinese or Korean.

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