via techcrunch.com
I was quite surprised and very interested to read this post by TechCrunch… http://bit.ly/13xaKb.
From a technical perspective this is quite a development in the world of voice recognition and marries it well with translation. It’s actually a very cool set up that potentially takes us one step closer to a more networked world.
But on a more sinister and cynical level its interesting that Sakhr has some of the US Government Departments as clientele… this suggests that wire-tapping in the Middle East or of Arabs in the US will take on new meaning (literally)…
01/07/2009 at 6:13 am Permalink
I think what this is going to do for understanding and promoting peace is HUGE. Breaking the language barrier between civilizations is important and that is how we stop unnecessary violence. I hope these useful gadgets make it to the US military, and that the troops on the ground make good use of them. So we will have more communication and less trigger happy incidents. This is a great leap for mankind… with Blue tooth and wireless headphones, this will be like STAR TREK…
Thank you for posting this…
Khalid als aka Stranger
01/07/2009 at 6:26 am Permalink
Thanks for the comment Khaled… I agree with you on the potential for this to bring a lot of good into this world in bridging between civilizations, cultures and help establish a more networked world. I just hope it’s used for all the right reasons… I’m just a cynic at heart.