[Excerpt] "In Douglas Adams’s “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” the hero sticks a so-called Babel fish in his ear and can understand everything said to him in any language. Today’s apps for language translation try to accomplish the same thing. While not as accurate or instantaneous, they are nevertheless useful and greatly improved from just a couple of years ago. And you don’t have to put anything slimy in your ear."
sarspri's insight:
Mentions Vocre, Jibbigo from Carnegie Mellon, iTranslate (based on Nuance software), and Google Translate ... and followed directly by a Google Ad for Dragon Naturally Speaking : )