Audite Thoughts:

Audite is designed to decrease the language barrier while traveling overseas for any extent of time. Offered as an earpiece, Audite would allow for one to effectively communicate in a foreign language by acting as a median between the two people communicating. This device is revolutionary, in my opinion, I'm a technophile, so these kinds of advancements in technology excite me more than it would the average person. With emerging technology, a real-time translator would make learning and/or teaching a language a thing of the past. This device would make things such as traveling and immigration, so much easier, as it  eliminates the language barriers and makes communication a lot easier and faster for people.

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The Audite earpiece product,  I believe, is such a great invention.

I believed this product was amazing for so many reasons. For one, I would love to travel when I'm older. I would love to visit so many countries overseas, especially in Europe, including Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal and France. I have been taking French for years, and am currently in the second level French offered here at Christian Brothers, but there is still some things that I don't understand, especially when they are speaking at their normal pace. I believe this product would be very beneficial in understanding what people are saying in other languages. It works both ways because I know, that if I need help in another country, and I ask for it, and the person does not speak English, I would still be able to communicate with them, and they wouldn't have to learn English just to talk to me. They could just speak their native language. 

It not only picks up the conversation but it translates it in real time. It also allows your message that you would like to be translated to be done so through a speaker. This allows for conversation to occur, even with the language barriers.

 Another reason why I feel this tool would be beneficial is because my native language is Spanish. That was what I first learned and when I came into the United States it was having to not necessarily forget what I had learn but start all over again. Sure, I knew the basics such as pen= boligrafo, or pencil= lapiz, but I did not know anything else. I remember the humiliation I felt when I had to tell my teacher that I needed to go get some water because I had "hipo" or the hiccups in spanish. "You have a hippo?" & the entire class erupted in laughter. This would prevent situations like these, and help people. 

I really hate the fact that some people bash on my parents for living in the country for so long but not really grasping the language very well. "You live in America, learn English or get out." It's not as simple as it was for me to learn English because our brains don't allow it after a certain age, so as many children can pick up so many languages and become multilingual, it becomes harder the older you are. This product would definitely help my parents.

I don't believe this product would hinder people from learning a foreign language, because if you really want to learn it and grasp it you would do so. You can rely on a machine, but only to a certain point.

I do believe that further additions such as the picture translator would definitely improve this product. Overall, loved your work.

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. 

Audite Review

I thought that Audite was a very good invention and it was a very brilliant idea for someone to come up with for others’ use. I feel that not only Spanish speakers could benefit from this product, but also other people who speak different languages such as Chinese or Russian. Even people whose native language is English could also still reap the same benefits from this amazing product as people who are foreign language speakers. At times, I have thought about traveling to a different country but was afraid of how confused I might be because I wouldn’t understand anything. I really like how convenient Audite is and how fast it would work without having to wait for a long period of time for translations. I also thought the future ideas that they came up with as far as making it possible to even translate signs and pictures was clever. It is also very convenient for the earpiece to be small because no one wants to walk around with a huge earpiece in their ear. I wouldn’t be surprised if this product sold out because a lot of people can relate to the frustrations of trying to learn another language. There are several situations where native speakers would talk about you in their language so you wouldn’t understand what they’re saying. I think it would be really cool for this to be an invention because then, I would be able to know exactly what that person said. The only thing that I would worry about is receiving wrong translations of words because I’ve learned from previous experiences that it happens too often. Most websites that translate words into different languages often can misuse words, even the languages that are taught in school or textbooks are often incorrect. At first, I was worried about how fast I could get the translations of the words because if someone is trying to have a conversation, I don’t want to be stuck in an awkward situation where my responses are late and they’re looking at me with confusion. Since it was cleared up that you wouldn’t have to wait for a long time, that made me feel better about this invention. For the most part, I would love to see how this idea helps people. Even though it wouldn’t actually help people learn how to speak a different language, it would help others have an understanding of different languages.

Review of Audite

I love the premise of this project. A device that works as an in time translator is very helpful in situations particularly in emergencies like in the video that was shown. I feel that this device would be most useful in government offices, hospitals, and schools. I am however concerned that this pr may cause some people to become dependent on the device and stop trying to learn the target language. Though I cannot currently think of a solution for this problem I am sure that the capable members of Audite will.

What I Think About: Audite

I believe this is a beneficial product to our world today. With the many languages in our world and people learning to speak or struggling to speak it, I believe this is the type of device they need in their every day lives. Not only does it serve as a translator, but there is a speaker installed in it where you can communicate back to the person. Sometimes when you try to translate something from a dictionary or even from Google Translate, it takes a while to type it or look it up and most times, Google Translate isn’t accurate. I believe Audite serves as a real time use and a quick fix to problems when we don’t understand someone, especially when it comes to problems in the health department or even in a business. Audite is able to translate for us in an instance. I think this project was very thought out, especially in a way where it would benefit those who need it. I like how you helped make use of your product for popular languages and consider new ones to include into your product as well. Additionally, I like the new addition with the swap and how it will benefit in conversations instead of hearing the language translated and not doing anything about it. I think the swap feature benefits conversations so you are able to have a conversation with the person.

Although the app overs many beneficial aspects to it, such as communicating in another language and being able to understand it, I worry that it will make us unmotivated to learn a new language. For example, if we choose to rely on this product to translate for us, we may not make the effort to learn the language on our own. By relying on the product, we will not be challenged. We will not be challenged in the way we think or process memory the same way because the hard work of translating will be done for us. This is something that should and needs to be considered with the product. In the end, I know the choice of learning another language while using this product or completely relying on the product is our choice. Regardless of how we choose to use this product, I still believe it is a wonderful product. When Zach gave the story about not being able to interact with his family members, it made me see a need for this product more. This need can be due to the lack of communication between family members because of language barriers. Overall, I think the design of your product and what you presented was very professional. Also, I really liked how you may use taking a picture as a way to translate in the future. I absolutely adored this idea and think that this can truly benefit our world today. Great job!

Audite and Safe Space

I want to say about Audite, its a good working project. The app would need a little more explanation on how it could work if its just more than one language and if its going to be speaker for like if you were talking in a group. I think it works very well and and the one part of the future details that is a good idea is the photo swap language. I think this feature would work really well for people who can't understand what the things say. Other than that I want to say goodjob.

S.A.F.E, this website is set up very detailed, I like how they have photos and the blog and the main part there chat system i think its a good idea when you don't know what to do in a situation like the ones they stated. I also think that the meet the team members is a good idea because you need to know who you are talking to because they are the ones who help you. As I said the website is set up beautifully and its a good idea for us because of what we have been going through.

Good Job on these projects, they are well thought out.

With guys invention I found a great use. I would buy it any way for the design but with the added benefit of helping me out in the language bear.

Audite Review

So, recently, the Audite team presented Audite to our 9 a.m. class. Audite is a device that is similar to a bluetooth earpiece that allows you to talk on your telephone hand free, HOWEVER it does not connect to your phone - it is much cooler. So to try and describe it without ruining the point - Audite is an earpiece device that allows you to hear someone speaking in  another language in your native language AND it also allows you to speak into the mouth piece part in your language which in turn Audite translates out of the speaker into the person's language that you are speaking to. Okay, did I totally botch that description or what?

Anyways, I really like this product but I also don't like it. Let me explain. I think that Audite has very very important uses in the medical, law enforcement, and law fields. However, I do believe that actually learning a new language is important to the development of your brain and development of being able to think critically and when you are under stress. This is because learning a new language puts you out of your comfort zone - at the same time you have to find new ways to say the same thing in another language. Kind of like there is more than one way to solve a math problem, there is more than one way to say the same thing in different languages.

So with that critical point out of the way, I think that Audite is amazing for the medical, law enforcement, and law fields.

The medical field is especially important because there really isn't a way that you can have someone that speaks every language working in a hospital or clinic. Do you know how many languages there are?! As an ex-nursing major, trust me it is so stressful, I think that being able to understand a person's needs, no matter what the circumstance, is crucial! It could be the point between life and death - and saving a patient money on pointless testing because the doctor can't narrow down a diagnosis because he/she is not even sure what is wrong.

Moving on to law enforcement - believe it or not, law enforcement is not trained to speak foreign languages that are predominant in the city that they work in. For example, in Memphis, we have a plethora of Spanish speaking people. If our law enforcement officers were able to use this device, they could better understand situations that may not be what they seem - or just help people that need help but don't speak english.

For lawyers also, I think it would be very crucial. Obviously, yes you can have a translator. However, it sometimes can become like the game telephone. Does the lawyer really know what the translator is saying is the correct translation? Does the person that needs translating really know what the lawyer is saying? There really isn't a clear way to tell this because they cannot, in fact, communicate directly. If they had this device, they would basically be communicating directly.

In conclusion, I think that Audite has appropriate and needed places to be! I think it is a good tool. However, my fear is that it would hinder the learning process.

Actions towards Audite

Audite is an incredible step in the world of technology. It is similar to a Bluetooth headset, except there is one major difference.

A difference that can change how the whole world looks at linguistics. The Audite can translate others speaking into your given language. As someone speaks to you in another language, the speaker in your ear translates it to your native tongue. It can be very hard to function when you cannot understand what people are saying and no one can understand you. There is no way to ask for help or get necessities.

This piece of technology plans on tearing down these language barriers. This device is hooked up to an app on a phone. On the app, you can change what language it is listening for and what language you want it to be translated to. There is also a section where you can see the news of the device so you can keep up with the updates.

There a few criticisms I had with this device though. Is it merely possible? Computers have a very hard time with languages. Let us take Google Translate for instance. When you translate a sentence or so, it does not sound fluent like an actual person would speak. It is choppy or the translations are simply not correct. Another criticism I have is how would one talk back? There is said to be a speaker to translate what you say back to the other person, but how does Audite know what language to listen to? Maybe, there can be a setting for the speaker and for yourself. This would make it easier to have an actual conversation. Then again, is this actually possible. Finally, I would be afraid that with this technology, no one would learn languages. People would depend solely on their device to translate.

This invention is incredible and I think it could change the world. It could make traveling so much easier, and not to mention immigration. I can only imagine how difficult it is to move to a country where hardly any one speaks your language and everyone expects you to conform to their ways. Luckily, I was born in a country where I speak the predominate language, but language is spreading and pretty soon we will have to study linguistics more. This device could be a major to help. I will happily buy this device when it is released to the market.

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Group Members: Nicole Johnson, Claudia Andrade,  Zachary Suico, Jacobsen Bagatchalon, Robert Beauchemin

Audite is designed to decrease the language barrier while traveling overseas for any extent of time. Offered as an earpiece, Audite would allow for one to effectively communicate in a foreign language by acting as a median between the two people communicating.

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