-Download for free from Play Store!
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+iOS (iPhone, iPad): coming in June 2015.
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-The Human Language Compiler differs from other translation -systems that are currently available, by using grammars and -semantics to perform the translation. Other systems use either -statistics or shallow rules based on dictionary lookup. Our -technology is similar to the way in which a compiler translates -program code to machine code - hence the name of our system. - -
- -The technology enables the system to be compact in size -and give control on quality. It indicates confidence with colours: +GF Offline Translator is based on grammar and semantics. It is compact in size +and gives control on quality. Its technology is inspired by compilers, which are +programs that translate computer languages. +Most other translators for human language are based on +statistics and have less control of quality and are much bigger, so that +they require either an internet connection or a huge storage on your phone. +
+The app indicates translation confidence with colours:-You can translate both speech and text, as selected in the menu in the upper right corner. -Translation works between any pair of the supported languages, which means 110 -language pairs at the moment. But different languages are on different levels of development. +You can translate both speech and text, as selected in the menu in the +upper right corner. Both kinds of input can be edited with the +keyboard by first tapping at the input field. This is often needed +because of speech recognition errors. Changing words +from upper to lower case may also be needed. +At the moment, Japanese and Thai input must be separated +to words, whereas Chinese works without spaces. +
++Translation works between any of the 14 supported languages, which means 182 +language pairs in the current version. But different languages are on different levels of development. The following table gives a rough idea of what to expect:
@@ -74,21 +80,29 @@ The following table gives a rough idea of what to expect:| coverage | quality | speed | speech | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | in only | |||
| Chinese | diff in/out | |||
| Catalan | in only | |||
| Chinese | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| English | ||||
| Finnish | ||||
| Finnish | in only | |||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hindi | out only | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Swedish | ||||
| Hindi | in only | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Swedish | in only | |||
| Thai |
+The speech input and output use Google's voice services. Their status +can hence change without notice. You can make it more stable by +installing third-party speech tools, such as SVOX, which provides +output for most of the listed languages. +
+When you tap on a translation you get a screen with alternative translations. Tapping on each of the alternatives @@ -97,29 +111,10 @@ an inflection table, if it is a single word, and a syntax tree otherwise.
--The app also provides an input method which you can use as -an alternative keyboard which allows you to do translation from -other applications, for instance while you are entering SMS or e-mail. -To activate it go to Settings > Language & input. -
- --The Human Languge Compiler works completely off-line, without -internet connection, although being on-line may give you better -speech input and output and enable it for more languages. -The app is small (around 24 MB for all languages). -We do not show ads. -
-Powered by GF, built by support from the GF community and from Digital Grammars.
--Digital Grammars can tailor this app to you needs - tell us what you want to see - in the green area! -
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