The problem belongs to natural language in the machine learning domain and is way more complicated than simply dictionary building. Take a look for nltk and you will see how complex for machine to understand a simple English sentence.
I am NOT against to have a FOSS translate app, actually I wish we have one. I just want to assure people understand the difficulties before they waste their time. We might need crowd funding. Some companies like Mozilla step up to take the lead in the tts and voice recognition which I appreciate.
The problem belongs to natural language in the machine learning domain and is way more complicated than simply dictionary building. Take a look for nltk and you will see how complex for machine to understand a simple English sentence.
No doubt its difficult, but we need to envision how to create translation tools that ensures the peoples independence.
I dont know how this could be achieved, but I do think we will see amazing ideas as the fediverse cultivates.
I am NOT against to have a FOSS translate app, actually I wish we have one. I just want to assure people understand the difficulties before they waste their time. We might need crowd funding. Some companies like Mozilla step up to take the lead in the tts and voice recognition which I appreciate.
I’m all for that!
I think the best thing we can do, is to organize. Not only internationally, but locally as well. To engage all kinds of people in digital issues.