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Google introduces Woolaroo AI translation app to preserve endangered languages – ZDNet
Snap a photo of an object and Woolaroo will use machine learning to translate it into one of 10 endangered languages supported on the app.
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Queensland-based Yugambeh Museum has worked with Google Arts and Culture to develop an open-source, artificial intelligence-based digital language tool called Woolaroo aimed to teach and preserve endangered languages.
Built using Cloud Vision, the tool uses machine learning and image recognition to translate photos of objects into indigenous languages in real time. If multiple objects are detected in a photo, users can scroll through and select the translation based on each object.
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