UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR
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1. Apparatus for language translation comprising:
- a. first transducer means for converting audible speech in a first language into first electrical signals;
b. conversion means connected to said first transducer means and responsive to said first electrical signals representative of words and phrases in the first language to provide second electrical signals representative of corresponding words and phrases in a second language; and
c. second transducer means for converting said second signals into audible speech in the second language.
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Abstract
A speech translator includes a device adapted to be worn in the ear and includes means responsive to audible speech in a first language to convert that speech to electrical signals representing words and phrases and applying the signals to a database to retrieve other signals representing equivalent words and phrases in a second language. These other signals are applied to a loudspeaker and are audibly perceived as speech in the second language.
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8 Claims
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1. Apparatus for language translation comprising:
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a. first transducer means for converting audible speech in a first language into first electrical signals; b. conversion means connected to said first transducer means and responsive to said first electrical signals representative of words and phrases in the first language to provide second electrical signals representative of corresponding words and phrases in a second language; and c. second transducer means for converting said second signals into audible speech in the second language. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for language translation comprising the steps of:
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a. converting audible speech in a first language into first electrical signals; b. matching said first signals representing speech in said first language with second electrical signals representative of words and phrases in a second language corresponding to speech in said second language; and c. converting said second electrical signals into audible speech in said second language. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. Apparatus for language translation comprising:
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a. first transducer means for converting audible speech in a first language into first electrical signals; b. first conversion means connected to said first transducer means and responsive to said first electrical signals representative of words and phrases in the first language to provide second electrical signals representative of corresponding words and phrases in a second language; c. database means connected to said conversion means and having stored therein, signals representing words and phrases in at least first and second languages; d. comparison means connected to said database means for corresponding words and phrases in the first language to the equivalent corresponding words and phrases in the second language in the form of second electrical signals; and e. second transducer means for converting said second signals into audible speech in the second language.
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