IPhone app Jibbigo, can translates English and Spanish
Jibbigo, by Mobile Technologies, is a bilingual translation Application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that can translate your speech directly into another language. (Jibbigo can download via in iTunes store link, costs $24.99) Today, the Application supports only Spanish to English and English to Spanish translations, but Mobile Technologies said they will support other languages in the future.
Jibbigo is easy to use, but like most Applications of voice input, it works best in environments with low to moderate background noise, and you must speak clearly when using it. To begin translating, you launch the Application and record a phrase in English or Spanish. Jibbigo then translates the spoken input into the appropriate language, displays the translated text and then speaks it using a synthesized voice with an vocabulary included more than 40,000-plus words for travelers in a variety of situations, including medical emergencies, restaurant settings, or general conversation.
To maximize the features of the Jibbigo, you will need an iPhone 3GS or a third-generation iPod Touch, since the application supports both translations on these devices. Other iPhones and iPods are limited to unidirectional translations, explained in this table that details what works and what does not in any device from Apple.
Jibbigo worked well in our field tests, although it did make occasional small errors. We have a good hard laugh out of the way the application handles the bed words–talk about one or more of these words results in a text translation of <beep> for everyone and hearing the beep strong. A “rude dictionary” that would translate these words is apparently in the works, but not yet available.
We noted that the application took a little longer to launch then any application we have used before, but other than that, we have no huge complaints. We will be happy when Jibbigo applications more languages to its repertoire.
