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Sunday, December 11, 2016

Language Barriers

Yes yes yes...technology that will help us understand languages in real time...finally whenever i go to get a pedicure and massage i can know if the technicians are speaking on the conditions of my feet and body lol. No in all seriousness i feel as is Audite is a good idea. It helps to place those awkward gaps in between conversation. Too many times i have struggled to understand something that could gave been very simple. Sometimes it is embarrassing. Especially if you work in a store and a person from another country has a question. Im not going to lie though...i think the design is a bit ugly. Lol the end piece looks super long so i would not want to rock it openly in public. Also i would not want to become too dependant on it.

I like the fact that this device can be used inside if the school system. I remember being in school and people who were in esl could only have a few regular classes. The rest of the time they spent in classrooms together learning English mostly. If they had this piece they would be able to function normally in the school system. 

But would this prohibit their learning? No. I believe eventually as is speaks the languages to the students they would catch on and learning the basics themselves. In a way it is kind of sad the way we try to make them fully adapt to our language.

Sometimes people do not want to learn a language they just want to understand the language. They are frustrated with the time gap of learning and this is a major aid. I like the app the have to go with the device. A feature on the app that is of the most importance is the little switch between button that allows for a conversation style translation. I also like the website layout. It was well put together and neat. One future addition that i agree on are the water proof capabilities. I would hate to be in the rain have a full blast conversation just for the device to begin malfunctioning midway. Talk about embarrassing. 

I do not like the price at all. I Do not like bluetooth that much. For 200 bucks i will surely be sticking to my google translator and going down the bumpy road. 

Congrats to the team that came up with this brilliant idea though. 

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