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Google is celebrating Translate’s 20th day by launching pronunciation practice, which nan institution says is 1 of nan astir requested features for nan product. The characteristic is only rolling retired connected Android astatine nan infinitesimal for English, Spanish and Hindi successful nan US and India. If it’s disposable for you, you’ll spot a fastener astatine nan bottommost of nan app that says “Practice,” which gives you nan action to either “pronounce” what you’ve translated aliases to “listen” to really it’s really pronounced by autochthonal speakers.
If you take nan “pronounce” option, Translate will perceive to you speak and past usage artificial intelligence to analyse really you said nan words to supply lawsuit feedback. It will past show you a phonetic pronunciation of really circumstantial words should beryllium pronounced. In nan illustration Google provided, for instance, nan speaker pronounced nan Spanish connection for juice arsenic “jugo” pinch nan English “j” sound alternatively of pinch nan Spanish “j” sound. So, Translate spells it retired arsenic “HU-go” successful its pronunciation suggestion.
Google said astir 3rd of users connected mobile usage Translate to believe speaking and listening successful bid to beryllium capable to clasp real-world conversations, making this caller characteristic a very useful addition. The institution besides revealed different stats astir nan app. Apparently, it now supports complete 250 languages, including immoderate endangered and indigenous ones, and has complete 1 cardinal monthly personification who person been translating complete 1 trillion words each month.
