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language status information in demo app and translation documents

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<p>
You can translate both speech and text, as selected in the menu.
It works between any pair of the supported languages, which means 110
language pairs at the moment. But there are some caveats:
<ul>
<li> The app works optimally <b>from English</b> and also from <b>Swedish</b>.
<li> From other languages it can be slow and give more red results.
<li> The dictionaries can have errors, since they are partly extracted automatically.
<li> Speech input from <b>Hindi</b> and output to <b>Bulgarian</b> don't work currently.
<li> In <b>Chinese</b>, speech input is Mandarin but output is Cantonese (Yue).
</ul>
As we are constantly working on the app, expect frequent updates and improvements!
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.
The following table gives a rough idea of what to expect:
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<p>
<center>
<table rules=all border=yes>
<tr> <th></th> <th>coverage</th> <th>quality</th> <th>speed</th> <th>speech</th> </tr>
<tr> <th>Bulgarian</th> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=palegreen></td> <td bgcolor=yellow>in only</td></tr>
<tr> <th>Chinese</th> <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> <td bgcolor=yellow>diff in/out</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Dutch</th> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> </tr>
<tr> <th>English</th> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Finnish</th> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
<tr> <th>French</th> <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
<tr> <th>German</th> <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
<tr> <th>Hindi</th> <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=yellow>out only</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Italian</th> <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=pink></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
<tr> <th>Spanish</th> <td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td><td bgcolor=pink></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td></tr>
<tr> <th>Swedish</th> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=yellow></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> <td bgcolor=palegreen></td> </tr>
</table>
</center>
This is new and experimental technology, and we are constantly working
on the app. Expect frequent updates and improvements!
</p>
<p>
When you tap on a translation you get a screen with <b>alternative translations</b>.
Tapping on each of the alternatives