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Hitachi develops tech to deliver multilingual speech translation in smart devices

Hitachi has developed a speech signal processing technology for smart devices to achieve a better multilingual speech translation service

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TOKYO, JAPAN: Hitachi has developed a speech signal processing technology for smart devices to achieve a better multilingual speech translation service. This technology will contribute to the commercialization of the multilingual speech translation service at service counters in various stores or at information center in public transportation systems.

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By removing background noise excluding speaker's voice, this innovative technology offers a speech recognition capability in noisy urban street environments in which its noise level is 70 dB.

Hitachi has also developed a speech signal technology for general purpose smart devices instead of special purpose device. This newly developed technology has achieved the multilingual speech translation using smart device under a crowded environment such as public transportation area or shopping center. It is also capable of automatically recognizing speech intervals accurately without pressing any button to determining speech timing for translation.

The newly developed technology performs its speech processing and translation on the cloud system. Therefore, users can use this system easily by installing the dedicated application into the existing smart devices.

Hitachi will promote the development of this technology for practical applications, and contribute to provide hospitality services primarily in Japan.

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