From ceba45af5e8404fd6d52971878e55ea34fc0e4f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aarne Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 09:22:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updated demos/app.html --- demos/app.html | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) diff --git a/demos/app.html b/demos/app.html index 39857b6f7..a5b2bb67b 100644 --- a/demos/app.html +++ b/demos/app.html @@ -7,15 +7,18 @@ -

The Human Language Compiler - a mobile speech and text translation app for Android

+

GF Offline Translator - a mobile speech and text translation app +for Android and iOS

-Download for free from Play Store! +
+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: -The green translations currently come from a tourist phrasebook, which allows +The green translations come from a tourist phrasebook, which allows you to translate things like "hello" and "how far is the airport from -the hotel". But this part can be easily adapted to other uses, such as -technical language. +the hotel".

-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. +

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+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:

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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
-This is new and experimental technology, and we are constantly working -on the app. Expect frequent updates and improvements!

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+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. +

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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.

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-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. -

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-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. -

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Powered by GF, built by support from the GF community and from Digital Grammars.

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-Digital Grammars can tailor this app to you needs - tell us what you want to see - in the green area! -

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