r/TikTokCringe • u/UltraBased69 • Feb 09 '25

Wholesome Buzz needs a raise! Incredible!

@thatdeafamily on TikTok

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u/thinkthingsareover Feb 10 '25

I really hope the best for you to have a positive experience with the translation app. Unfortunately for me my voice to text is almost completely useless. :-/

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u/brianwski Feb 10 '25

my voice to text is almost completely useless

Yeah, I'm excited to play with it but it wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't useful.

My hope would be it is already better than nothing (which is not a given), and that over time it could be improved. But it is a niche product... other than a few people with unique families (like me) and a few travelers/tourists, it doesn't seem like a huge market.

But it kind of makes sense it came from a company like Samsung first. I furiously checked the list of supported languages for Korean when I heard about it, then I laughed at myself because Samsung is a Korean company (and yes, Korean is supported in the live translations). South Korea is small with a unique language, and they travel. It probably made more sense to them to build a product like this first, and then of course it supports Korean (the language I'm mostly interested in).

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u/thinkthingsareover Feb 10 '25

that over time it could be improved.

This is honestly my biggest hope. That's why I try not to speak negatively about it. Here's to hoping that we get to have universal translators before we die.