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Live voice translation

Recorded year2024

Phones like Samsung's Galaxy S24 translate calls live on the device, improving on cloud tools like 2014's Skype Translator.

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Built on

SmartphoneRecorded · 1994requires
AI accelerator chipsRecorded · 2016requires
Neural machine translationRecorded · 2016enables
Neural speech synthesisRecorded · 2016enables
Near-human speech recognitionRecorded · 2022enables

Led to

AI emergency call takersForecast · ~2027enables
Universal real-time translationForecast · ~2027enables
Automatic dubbing of all videoForecast · ~2028enables
One global classroomForecast · ~2029enables
Hiring with no language barrierForecast · ~2030enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.