Realtime Handheld Speech-to-Speech Translator

[General Pain]

I saw an episode of CSI:NY where the police had a handheld unit that translated serbo-to-english in realtime. Anyone got any info about these units? I'd guess with the right software any language could be possible

[kato13]

IBM's MASTOR software on ruggedized pdas were deployed to Iraq a couple years ago. I have not been able to find any specifics or a summary of it's success rate, but the technology is getting better every year.

[General Pain]

IBM's MASTOR software on ruggedized pdas were deployed to Iraq a couple years ago. I have not been able to find any specifics or a summary of it's success rate, but the technology is getting better every year.

here is another solution
http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/2-way-9-language-voice-translator-for-499/

[pmulcahy11b]

Ensign Hoshi's got some competition...250 years before she's even born.

[Littlearmies]

Ensign Hoshi's got some competition...250 years before she's even born.
But given the choice between Ensign Hoshi and a PDA I know which I'd rather have....

[pmulcahy11b]

But given the choice between Ensign Hoshi and a PDA I know which I'd rather have....

You mean I can't have both?