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Lightweight, well-designed, and well-sized, the new Timekettle T1 AI offline translator is a modest upgrade to the original FluentTalk T1, which now boasts an AI Edge model. I found translations ...
Apple Unveils AI-Powered Live Translation Service for iOS 26 The new language translation feature will function across the Messages, FaceTime and Phone apps.
Published and staged in 2024, the translation was inspired by the official centenary of Afrikaans in 2025.
Google Translate can now be set as the default translation app on your iPhone. This feature is available under the Default Apps settings on the smartphone.
Google has dug back into its past and introduced its latest take on smart glasses during I/O 2025. Glasses with Android XR brings Gemini AI to smart glasses thanks to an expanded partnership ...
iPhone and iPad users can now set Google Translate as their default translation app on iOS, replacing Apple's built-in Translate app as the go-to option.
Cultural organisations warn of language decline as SABC axes Afrikaans shows and fails to pay for productions due to deepening financial troubles.
Meta today announced that it is rolling out a new live translation feature to all Ray-Ban Meta glasses users, providing wide access to functionality ...
The essay that appeared recently on Scroll, “Literary translation and its discontents”, by Jayasree Kalathil, brought back memories of my earlier talks and essays written on the subject as an ...
One hesitation I hear time and time again when I talk to people about traveling is, “But I don’t speak the language.” To be ...
SABC’s stance on Afrikaans “Afrikaans remains an important part of our public broadcasting mandate, just as all South African languages are.
A new local ridehailing platform has launched in the form of Wanatu, which has stirred social media with its policy of only hiring Afrikaans-speaking drivers. Currently only available in Centurion ...