There is no doubt that the difference in languages is a problem for most people in communicating with others, whether while traveling on vacation and exploring a new part of the world, or for work or study, while everyone is looking for translation tools such as smartphone applications and other tools, despite the lack of availability The simultaneous translation feature in it, the Dutch company Travis , an emerging company in the field of artificial intelligence, has created a new device called Travis Touch for simultaneous translation that gives you the ability to communicate in more than 105 languages .
Travis Touch translator translates what you say with your voice into your preferred language in just a few seconds because it uses artificial intelligence techniques to recognize speech and translates it instantly into supported languages in less than 3 seconds.
According to the company, the Travis Touch is the only translator of its kind in the world that relies on artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, including voice commands and wireless charging. It can also act as a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to 11 other devices.
The Travis Touch is Travis' third crowdfunding project and the successor to Travis One, the pocket translator of which the company has so far sold more than 110,000 devices worldwide.
To accelerate the development of the new Travis Touch device, the company launched its third crowdfunding project at the beginning of last August and was able to achieve its goal very quickly. Since its launch, the project has received tremendous support, as the company has raised more than 290 thousand dollars so far from more than 1,000 parties Support - up to 525% of its original target - for this product to become one of the most important products on the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform, and the funding stage on the Indiegogo platform has now closed and the stage of shipping the product to customers has begun.
The Travis Touch device currently gives you the ability to communicate with others and express yourself in more than 105 languages , and this was achieved by integrating 16 translation engines, including engines of major companies working in the field of translation such as Google, Microsoft, IBM and a number of intelligence engines Artificial intelligence and machine learning, to provide the user with the most accurate translation that can be obtained.
These engines work by selecting the highest-ranking platform based on the conversational languages that the user selects via artificial intelligence.
The first mode is online mode: it translates up to 85 languages.
The second mode is an offline mode : it translates 20 languages, including Arabic, English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Turkish, Russian, Hindi, and others.
The device works with a high-performance quad-core processor and comes with a small touchable screen of 2.4 inches, which also shows the written translation, and a battery capacity of 2500 mAh capable of working for 12 hours when using offline mode or 6 hours while online mode on a charge One battery, supports Qi Wireless Charging, noise cancellation and integration with Bluetooth headphones.
The Travis Touch also supports 4G connectivity for more than 200 mobile operators, and the device will not include a SIM card however the device can be inserted a SIM card and operates as a Hotspot and users will be able to connect Wi-Fi with up to 11 other devices. According to the company, Travis Touch enjoys being a standalone device, not an app.
One of the new features in the Travis Touch is the so-called Magic button. This button uses voice commands to automatically select language selections. It supports voice commands in five different languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
Choose your two conversation languages, then start speaking. The Travis Touch will listen to you and instantly translate what you said, as shown in the following video:
The device is available for purchase on the company's official website at a price of 249 euros, equivalent to 284 US dollars, and you can buy it directly from the company's website.