BBN Technologies

BBN TransTalk is a portable, two-way translation device that is helping to eliminate language barriers.

BBN TransTalk lets people who do not speak each others languages converse effectively in real time.

Bridging the Barrier Across Domains and Languages

Because BBN TransTalk can be customized to incorporate specialized vocabulary, it can bridge a critical gap in a variety of intelligence, security, aid, and military domains.

Potential applications include:

• Training local forces
• Military intelligence
• Peer-to-peer communication between military officers without human mediation
• Medical/refugee situations
• Civil and administrative scenarios such as SWET surveys

Superior Performance

In a recent, third-party evaluation, BBN TransTalk outperformed competitors’ devices. Based on BBN’s advanced speech recognition technology, BBN TransTalk delivers unmatched accuracy and performance.
BBN TransTalk:

• Recognizes and translates free-form spoken utterances in English and Iraqi or other languages.
• Enables review and analysis of recorded interviews through both raw audio and transcriptions and translations.
• Provides a pre-configured list of frequently asked questions with fluent, idiomatic translations.
• Operates so easily that users can make eye contact while conversing rather than looking at the device.
• Includes customized vocabulary for force protection, military intelligence, medical and refugee assistance, security, and civil domains, and can be customized for other uses.
• Language-independent; can be configured for any language pairs of interest.
• Runs on standard laptop, tablet, or notebook computers.