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Phraselator

The Phraselator is a weatherproof handheld language translation device developed by Applied Data Systems and VoxTec, a former division of the military contractor Marine Acoustics, located in Annapolis, Maryland, USA. It was designed to serve as a handheld computer device that translates English into one of 40 different languages.

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Phraselator

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples75
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
Components1

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Phraselator

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related to Origin · 25
Phraselator → Ace Sarich, Afghanistan, Arabic, Army Research Laboratory, At, Audio Voice Translation Guide, By, Carnegie Mellon University, DARPA Small Business Innovation, During, English, He, However, Lee Morin, Lockheed Martin, Navy, Operation Desert Storm, Phraselators, Research, Special Forces
related to Notable users · 21
Phraselator → About, Army, Choctaw Nation, Comanche Nation, Corrections, Haiti, Haitian, Hospital, In, Kandahar, Los Angeles Police Department, Navy, New York, Oneida County, Operation Enduring Freedom, Ponca, POWs, Several Native American, The, Units
related to The device · 15
Phraselator → DynaSpeak, English, It, Jack Buchanan, March, MB, MP3, PDA-sized, Pre-recorded, Secure Digital, SRI International, Stephen Hawking, The, The Phraselator, Users
related to External links · 9
Phraselator → Acoustics, Afghanistan Connect, Archived, DynaSpeak, International, Iraq, Language DividesHelping Troops, LocalsInHand Electronics P2, Wayback MachineDARPA-Developed Device Bridges
is a · 2
Phraselator → small speech translation PDA-sized device designed to aid in interpretation, weatherproof handheld language translation device developed by Applied Data Systems and VoxTec

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device language languages users translation 2004 developed voxtec english handheld speech also one phrase phrases 000 communicate tested used translator

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Phraselatoris aweatherproof handheld language translation device developed by Applied Data Systems and VoxTec0.90text
Phraselatoris asmall speech translation PDA-sized device designed to aid in interpretation0.90text
the Choctaw Nationinstance ofSeveral Native American tribes0.80text
the Poncainstance ofSeveral Native American tribes0.80text
and the Comanche Nation have also used the device to preserve their dying languagesinstance ofSeveral Native American tribes0.80text
Phraselatorrelated to External linksAcoustics0.60section
Phraselatorrelated to External linksInternational0.60section
Phraselatorrelated to External linksDynaSpeak0.60section
Phraselatorrelated to External linksArchived0.60section
Phraselatorrelated to External linksWayback MachineDARPA-Developed Device Bridges0.60section
Phraselatorrelated to External linksLanguage DividesHelping Troops0.60section
Phraselatorrelated to External linksIraq0.60section

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