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The Magic of Machine Translation and the Future of Translation | November 2022
Though some might describe machine translation as magic, academic translator and entrepreneur Christopher Reid pushes back on this notion.
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How Does Language Shape the Way we Perceive the World? | November 2022
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is usually reserved for introductory college linguistics courses — but the debate surrounding it is an undeniably fascinating conversation for language...
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Media Access Services: What is so important about them? | November 2022
Every day, we listen to music, enjoy our favorite shows, watch the news, listen to audiobooks and podcasts while driving or going to work...
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Training AI to read your lips — in multiple languages
While widely used speech recognition tools like Siri or Otter generally analyze audio alone, researchers have also made progress in developing visual speech recognition...
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A $350 million initiative to improve vaccine rates among underserved communities — including those with limited English proficiency
On Nov. 22, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced a $350 million initiative to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in underserved communities. ...
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Do we have enough (human) translators and interpreters to help vulnerable communities?
Refugee crises across the globe this year — from the European Union to Martha’s Vineyard — have highlighted the importance of maintaining a large,...