An auxiliary device charging case is used to facilitate translation features of a mobile computing device or auxiliary device. A first user, who may be a foreign language speaker, holds the charging case and speaks into the charging case. The charging case communicates the received speech to the mobile computing device, either directly or through the auxiliary device, which translates the received speech into a second language for a second user, who is the owner of the mobile computing device and auxiliary device. The second user may provide input in the second language, such as by speaking or typing into the auxiliary or mobile computing device. The mobile computing device may translate this second input to the first language, and transmit the translated input to the charging case either directly or through the auxiliary device. The charging case may output the translated second input to the first user, such as through a speaker or display screen.

A method, apparatus, system, and non-transitory computer program product configured to process user call responses and assign caller specific preferences to the user based on the caller's feedback. One example being a method of processing spoken words from a user of a calling platform. This may include operations such as calling a user via a call processing device and/or sending a call prompt message to the user after the user has answered the call, wherein the call prompt message solicits a user response. Other operations may include recording the spoken call greeting and determining whether the spoken call greeting is indicative of a language preference. The system may process the user's word(s) or utterances and assign language preferences to the user based on the user provided information.

A system to enable a first and second electronic device to select at lest one digitized language from up to about 2600 digitized languages and thereby send text messages in the selected language between the first and second electronic device. The steps comprising acquiring a first and second electronic device; providing a central server for storing up to about 2600 digitized languages; requesting, from the first and second electronic device, access to a first digitized language out of the up to about 2600 digitized languages; locating the requested first digitized language in the central server out of the database of up to about 2600 languages; allowing the first and second electronic device to download the requested first digitized language out of the up to about 2600 digitized languages on to the first and second electronic device; sending a text message from the first electronic device to the second electronic device using the first digitized language received from the central server.

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a camera, a display unit configured to display a preview image obtained by the camera, and a controller configured to detect a first command for entering a translation mode, output a GUI window for selecting at least one partial region of a text included in the preview image to the display unit in response to the detected first command, control the display unit to display a translation result of a text corresponding the GUI window on the preview image.

The embodiments of the invention disclosed are configured with a voice translation software, and can be readily used after switching off the microphone of the mobile phone and inserted into the charging port of the mobile phone. In some embodiments, the invention comprises two microphones; when the mobile phone is directed at a speaker, the audio pickup is performed by using a hypercardioid noise-filtering microphone, and when the mobile phone is directed at oneself, the audio pickup is performed by using a cardioid noise-filtering microphone, such that the surrounding noises can be prevented from being picked up in order to achieve an accurate and fluent voice translation. In other embodiments, when the microphone is used to ask for directions or in communication while travelling abroad in particular, this use enables the user to keep an adequate distance from the opposite party in keeping with the international social etiquette.

An improved translation experience is provided using an auxiliary device, such as a pair of earbuds, and a wirelessly coupled mobile device. Microphones on both the auxiliary device and the mobile device simultaneously capture input from, respectively, a primary user (e.g., wearing the auxiliary device) and a secondary user (e.g., a foreign language speaker providing speech that the primary user desires to translate). Both microphones continually listen, rather than alternating between the mobile device and the auxiliary device. Each device may determine when to endpoint and send a block of speech for translation, for example based on pauses in the speech. Each device may accordingly send the received speech for translation and output, such that it is provided in a natural flow of communication.

The embodiments of the invention disclosed are configured with a voice translation software, and can be readily used after switching off the microphone of the mobile phone and inserted into the charging port of the mobile phone. In some embodiments, the invention comprises two microphones; when the mobile phone is directed at a speaker, the audio pickup is performed by using a hypercardioid noise-filtering microphone, and when the mobile phone is directed at oneself, the audio pickup is performed by using a cardioid noise-filtering microphone, such that the surrounding noises can be prevented from being picked up in order to achieve an accurate and fluent voice translation. In other embodiments, when the microphone is used to ask for directions or in communication while travelling abroad in particular, this use enables the user to keep an adequate distance from the opposite party in keeping with the international social etiquette.

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for approximating an accent source. A system practicing the method collects data associated with customer specific services, generates country-specific or dialect-specific weights for each service in the customer specific services list, generates a summary weight based on an aggregation of the country-specific or dialect-specific weights, and sets an interactive voice response system language model based on the summary weight and the country-specific or dialect-specific weights. The interactive voice response system can also change the user interface based on the interactive voice response system language model. The interactive voice response system can tune a voice recognition algorithm based on the summary weight and the country-specific weights. The interactive voice response system can adjust phoneme matching in the language model based on a possibility that the speaker is using other languages.

A microphone structure for cell phone real-time voice translation in traveling includes primarily a set of microphone screens, a hollow tube, a transmission line, an electret condenser PCB assembly, a set of PCB assembly covers (front and rear), and a plug. Upon being used with voice translation software, the microphone structure is used by inserting into a cell phone charging jack and turning off a microphone on the cell phone. The disclosed structure can utilize two unidirectional microphones or one bidirectional microphone, with a transmission line being added between the microphone and the plug, so as to maintain a clear sound quality for a cell phone owner and a dialogue person within a social distance zone, thereby enabling the voice translation to be accurate and smooth.

An interpreting assistant system which provides to a user captions of auditory communications in the user's vicinity. The interpreting assistant system includes a smart microphone transmitter that defines an input device which converts auditory communications into audio signals and transmit the signals a translation device, with a smart phone defining the translation device which generates a text transcript from the audio signals and send the transcript file to a display device, with the display device being defined by a wearable display interface which displays the transcript for a user to see. When in use, the interpreting assistant system provides for the display of a real time transcription and display of auditory communications such as spoken words for a user that may have hearing difficulties.