Idea of faster translation: STT->TTS

[matyaskopp]

This is just an idea for improvement.
It would be nice to have one button for both actions:

• text to speech button
• play translated text

Like a small simulation of a human translator, who listens to a sentence, then translates it in mind and then says it.

[martinpopel]

Yes, this is the Dialog feature. I think, we should have both in the future, similarly to e.g. Google Translate app:

• single-mic icon "Hlas": just ASR, so the users can decide whether to tap the "play" icon in the translation or not
• double-mic icon "Konverzace": the Dialog feature, each translation is automatically played. Furthermore, there is an option "Automatický hlasový vstup", so that it tries to detect both languages and decide automatically the translation direction. I can imagine that making this feature reliable is a lot of work (uk-cs Google Translate automatic dialog is very unreliable, almost unusable in all my attempts so far).

text to speech button

I think you meant "speech to text", i.e. ASR, i.e. "mic" button

[matyaskopp]

I think you meant "speech to text", i.e. ASR, i.e. "mic" button

yes, the "mic" button

[krabatom]

Google has api for it https://developer.android.com/reference/android/speech/SpeechRecognizer and there is example of use https://medium.com/voice-tech-podcast/android-speech-to-text-tutorial-8f6fa71606ac But it is more comlicated to implement it than dialog. Maybe in future.

[stranak]

I want to leave the discussion of various aspects of "conversation mode" to #47, but a question specifically for this "auto-play" function in my mind is: Is this limited to the conversation mode, or does it make sense in the current, one-off translation mode too?

I translate something, the phone reads the translation. I think some users might appreciate it. Could it be made a on/off switch somewhere in the UI (settings), something like "auto-play translations"? I think it could apply to both modes, the current one and the future "conversation mode" (#47).

[matyaskopp]

something like "auto-play translations"

yes, this is what I exactly wanted, but I was not able to find the right words for "auto-play translation".

I can imagine that "conversation mode" can be difficult to implement.

So I am suggesting implementing walkie-talkie mode:

• use two icons for the auto-play microphone (one for Czech and one for Ukraine)
• when you press the Czech-flagged auto-play symbol:
  • record Czech speech
  • translate it into Ukraine
  • play translation
• when you press the Ukraine-flagged auto-play symbol:
  • record Ukraine speech
  • ...