Plain-language explainers for the technologies behind your favorite translation apps — from speech recognition to offline modes.
A plain-language guide to machine translation: transformers, attention, training data, LLM translation, and what makes one app more accurate than another.
A gentle introduction to neural networks for translation-app users: embeddings, attention, training versus inference, and why bigger models translate better.
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) is the technology that turns spoken words into text so translation apps can translate your voice.
Learn how visual translation works, when it beats typing, and which translation apps have the best camera features.
A voice fence gates the microphone so bystanders and room noise never reach the translator. Learn how the gating works and which apps have it.
Device-to-device translation lets multiple phones join the same live conversation. Learn how it works and which apps still support it.
Offline translation lets you translate text, voice, and pictures without an internet connection. Learn what to download before you travel.