iPod translation software
The February issue of “National Defense” magazine reports on the use of iPod software that speaks Arabic and Kurdish and enables soldiers to communicate with locals. What’s new: The software will soon be available for civilian travelers.
The Soldier’s iPods run an application called VCommunicator, which soldiers use to play phrases in Arabic (or Kurdish), study missions, read maps and do other tasks as they hunt for insurgents.
For example, soldiers can show Iraqi citizens a photo of a terrorist, and the iPod says in Arabic, “have you seen this person?”
Another part of the application plays a wide catalog of useful phrases, and a character on the screen shows appropriate hand gestures to go with it.
These phrases are combined into “missions.” For example, soldiers can open the “checkpoint mission,” and all the phrases, images, gestures and other data useful for communicating with drivers at a checkpoint are listed.
Soldiers can also connect the iPods to a speaker or a megaphone, and communicate to crowds or groups.
iPods, especially iPod nanos, are ideal because they’re cheap (by Pentagon procurement standards), lightweight and the soldiers already know how to use them.
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