T-Mobile offers a reason to call, not text: simultaneous translation

“By bringing real-time AI directly into our network, we’re delivering more than connectivity — turning conversations into community, starting with Live Translation,” T-Mobile CEO Srini Gopalan said in a news release about the service.

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Subscribers will be able to dial *87* to turn on the new service, which will then translate their conversation in real time. Only one party to the call needs to be on the T-Mobile network.

The system will be a boon to multinational organizations trying to communicate with remote workers, as well as international travelers. The service is heavily skewed towards European languages, although Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean and Hindi are handled. It’s not clear whether the service will be free after the beta trial is completed.

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