Google's recent entry into the headphone market, called the Pixel Buds, had a unique feature that wowed the reviewers. These headphones can translate conversations in real time for dozens of languages. This sounds like science fiction. What comes to mind is Star Trek's universal translator that allows Starfleet crews to communicate with almost any alien race. Even though the Pixel Buds are not as powerful as their science fiction counterpart, they are packed with some amazing Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. This product showcases what we can expect from AI capabilities to help us communicate with more people in more places.
We will be implementing a similar conversation translation feature using AWS AI services. Our application, modestly named the Universal Translator, will provide voice-to-voice translation between dozens...