VoiceTra is a highly effective speech translation application designed to facilitate communication during travel. It transforms your spoken words into a variety of languages, enhancing your travel experiences or assisting in welcoming visitors to Japan.
Key Features:
VoiceTra leverages advanced speech recognition, translation, and synthesis technologies developed by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). The app converts your speech into different languages and delivers the results via synthesized voice, making it an invaluable tool for real-time communication.
The app allows for instant switching of translation directions, enabling two individuals speaking different languages to communicate seamlessly using a single device. Additionally, for languages that do not support speech input, text input is available, broadening its usability.
VoiceTra is particularly well-suited for travel-related scenarios, including:
- Transportation: Navigating buses, trains, rental cars, taxis, airports, and transit systems.
- Shopping: Ordering at restaurants, shopping, and handling payments.
- Hotel: Managing check-ins, check-outs, and cancellations.
- Sightseeing: Assisting with overseas travel and supporting foreign customers.
VoiceTra is also recognized as a useful tool in disaster-prevention and disaster-related contexts. While it can function as a dictionary for word lookups, it is most effective when sentences are input, as it interprets context to deliver accurate translations.
Supported Languages:
VoiceTra supports an extensive range of 31 languages, including Japanese, English, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Korean, Thai, French, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Spanish, Myanmar, Arabic, Italian, Ukrainian, Urdu, Dutch, Khmer, Sinhala, Danish, German, Turkish, Nepali, Hungarian, Hindi, Filipino, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Malay, Mongolian, Lao, and Russian.
Restrictions and Considerations:
- An internet connection is necessary for operation.
- Translation speed may vary based on network conditions.
- Text input is limited to languages supported by the OS keyboard.
- Proper display of characters depends on the installation of appropriate fonts on your device.
- The app and some of its functions may be unavailable if the server is down.
- Users are responsible for communication fees, including potentially high international data roaming charges.
- Developed primarily for research, the app uses servers set up for research purposes, and the data collected helps improve speech translation technologies.
- For continuous business use, consider licensed private services instead of this research-oriented app.
Please refer to our "Terms of Use" for more detailed information: https://voicetra.nict.go.jp/en/attention.html.
What's New in Version 9.0.4
- Last updated on August 20, 2024
- Now supports Android 14
