Topic: The Six-in-One Translator (DSiWare App)

[Klavier Gavin]

While waiting in line to get our hands on Wii Sports Resort, a gentleman approached us, proposing a question that, when issued in the fine city of Los Angeles, would normally be cause for concern: "Wanna see something cool?" Our interest was piqued, and his Nintendo exhibitor badge assured us that we wouldn't be shivved, so we answered with an apprehensive "yes." The reward for our bravery was a quick look at the coolest app we've yet to see from the DSiWare service -- the Six-in-One Translator (tentatively titled, natch).

Translator is a neat little application. It's got a huge dictionary of words from six languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian and German. You can enter in a word from one of those languages and find its definition in the other five -- but the impressive thing about it is the input method. Aside from the keyboard and handwriting methods you've seen before on Nintendo's handheld, you can use the DSi camera to take a picture of text you wish to translate, crop the image around the word using the stylus, then see it in five other languages.

In the brief demo we checked out, the user took a picture of a few characters in a Japanese menu. He highlighted the characters by dragging the stylus across them. The software quickly recognized the characters in a matter of moments, and provided their definition in the other five languages -- "consume," etc. If the full product works as well as the brief demo we saw, the Six-in-One Translator could end up being the software that justifies the very existence of the DSiWare platform.

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Seriously, this interests me. I'm so glad I have a DSi now.

[Harruhy]

old as of a PM or two ago

[Klavier Gavin]

old as of a PM or two ago

Oh, you [dark hold].

[Pringer X]

What'd be even more awesome is if you could talk into it and it'd translate small sentences or something.

[Harruhy]

Oh, you [dark hold].

Post before PM'ing then.

But it does sound interesting enough. The picture thing is a nice touch.

[Emiri Landeel]

漢字そのまま DS楽引辞典 (Kanji Sonomama DS Rakubiki Jiten)
Is the best DS Japanese dictionary which you can write down the Kanji and find both Yomikata(pronouciation) and the meaning as well.

PPL who studying Japanese and want to have a cheap JP Denki Jiten, this DS software is the best.

[Protoman Blues]

Hmmmm, very interesting indeed.  A very viable DSi ap!

[Dr. Wily II]

Darn it...
Looks like I need to get a DSi soon...

[Hypershell]

About damn time they came up with something for me to spend my points on.

Now, here's hoping I can track down my Zero armor manual. 

[Gaia]

Spanish and japanese eh? it should be useful, once I get a DSI, since I know slight spanish and minimal japanese.

[The Drunken Dishwasher]

Japanese...I wonder if it can translate some important info from artbooks 

such as the interview from the GG 10th Memorial Book~

[Hypershell]

Well, not be a hype-killer, but we're not really sure how many words this thing can handle at a time.  Or, for that matter, how it handles proper nouns (Lock Bustar, anyone?).  But I can definitely see the potential.

[The Drunken Dishwasher]

Worth the experiment I dare say~