IP: Real-time translation software

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Love to try this one djf




>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>From: Pamela Jones <pmljn19@mindspring.com>
>Subject: Real-time translation software
>
>Dave,
>
>Reuters is reporting that Lotus Ireland, a subsidiary of IBM, has developed
>a real-time software translation product.
>http://news.excite.com/news/r/000621/12/tech-lotus
>
>"DUBLIN, June 21 (Reuters) - Lotus Ireland, a subsidiary of International
>Business Machines Corp, said on Wednesday it had developed a new software
>product allowing people speaking different languages to communicate across
>the Web.
>
>"The new system, called Lotus Translation Services for Sametime (LTSS),
>translates Web chat and communications as typed in real time, and will go
>on sale in September, Lotus Ireland said....The Sametime product would open
>up the Internet as a truly global, multilingual vehicle for the first time,
>he added.
>
>The software employs Java technologies...
>
>Pamela Jones
>www.myemom.com