Software helps people to speak 26 languages

The translation device in the science fiction film Star Trek (Journey to the Stars) helped James T Kirk to talk to aliens now almost realized with Microsoft's Universal Translator software.

Universal Translator software translates English-speaking languages ​​into 26 languages, and these languages ​​are 'spoken' by the user's voice. Users only need to speak English with the device, and the device will "speak" again in a foreign language.

In Star Trek, this device is supposed to appear at the end of the 22nd century and has helped the crew on the Enterprise talk to aliens during their exploration of the universe.

Universal Translator software is like device
which character James T Kirk uses. (Source: Daily Mail)

But the software was created by Microsoft engineers Frank Soong and Rick Rashid, although the foreign language sounds a bit mechanical.

Universal Translator software takes about 1 hour to get used to the voice of the user, then it compares the words that the person speaks with the foreign equivalent words stored in the machine.

This technology is designed to not only translate individual words, but the intonation of the emitted sentences is also adapted to mimic the user's real voice.

The inventors hope that this device will someday help travelers abroad chat with native speakers easily, even though they speak different languages.

In theory, the device could someday be installed on a smartphone for the convenience of tourists.