What if we can go beyond Google Translate?

3PO is a speech-to-speech, real time translator.

Designed with simplicity in mind.

A giveback project to make it easier for everyone to help each other in multi-lingual environments (e.g. Olympics, hospitality industry or simply learning a new language.)

3PO has five unique features:

Zero configuration: Your conversation partner can speak in any of the 73 languages (or even use multiple languages). Speech-to-speech translation happens continuously and hands-free. 

Conversation Mode:  Both users can speak in their own language. 3PO will detect them and translate from language A to B and B to A automatically.

Continuous Mode: Have 3PO listen in background, translate announcements and play translated speech to your headphone as it happens.

Practice Mode: Practise speaking a foreign language and see how accurate your pronounciation is. 3PO will provide real-time scoring for you.

Country specific voices: You can instruct 3PO to verbalize translations in different language flavors. For example, 3PO can speak English with Australian accent, Brazilian Portuguese or Canadian French.

[New in beta!] Multi-Device Mode: You can now use 3PO to chat with friends over the internet with real-time translation. Everything you speak will be translated to the foreign language for your friend. And the reverse will happen when your friend speaks into his/her phone.

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Simplicity-first

1)  Unlike Google Translate, you do not need to select which language you are translating from.

2) Furthermore, multiple languages can be used within the same conversation, minimizing friction as you interact with multiple speakers.

This is particularly helpful where multiple languages are used in day-to-day interactions

For example, discussions in Eastern Ukraine may happen in Ukrainian or Russian. Restaurant staff in China may speak in local dialects (such as Cantonese or Sichuan) instead of Mandarin.

This is an important step forward towards achieving near real-time, multi-lingual communication.

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What can 3PO do for you?

•⁠ ⁠Communicate with strangers quickly, with low friction
•⁠ ⁠Listen to broadcasts easily
•⁠ ⁠Assess your pronounciation when you practise speaking a foreign language

Example scenarios:

•⁠ Someone is in need of help, but you don’t know what he/she is talking about nor in which language.

•⁠ ⁠When travelling, you know something important is being broadcasted, but you have no clue what’s going on.

Now, you can just launch 3PO to “tune in”.

Supported Languages:

Asia

- Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, SiChuan, Shandong), Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Cambodian*, Filipino*, Lao*, Mongolian*, Malay*, Burmese*, Nepali*, Sri Lankan*

Middle East & Africa

- Arabic, Persian*, Afghanistan*, Hebrew*, Kenyan*, Somali*, Tanzanian*, Zulu*

Europe

- Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Welsh

Albanian*, Armenian*, Bosnian*, Icelandic*, Georgian*, Kazakh*, Macedonian*, Maltese*, Serbian*, Uzbekistan*

(*) Language auto-identification not supported yet. Speech recognition and translation do work if you pick that language specifically on the bottom left. 

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Practise speaking a foreign language and get a score on your pronounciation

This is an unique capability. You can practise speaking Japanese, Korean, English, Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Arabic, Hindi, Tamil and many other languages.

3PO will provide a score so you can assess your progress.

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FAQ
  • Your privacy is respected - Audio streams are analyzed through the translation processes only. They are never stored on device or on cloud. They are not used for any other purposes such as AI training or advertising.
  • Is there a paid version? - I am looking to keep 3PO free during initial stages. An usage-based approach will be implemented eventually for cost recovery. Evergreen Labs is a Canadian not-for-profit organization. We focus on community giveback projects.
  • Can I use headset for input and output audio? Yes. Just connect it and restart your listening session. On iOS, you also have the choice to choose bluetooth mic or iPhone mic for input.
  • Can I use a dedicated mic for better input quality?  Yes. 3PO uses native iOS/Android sound input devices. If it works in other apps, it should work with 3PO as well.
  • I need help / I have a suggestion  - Feel free to use this page to share your thoughts. I read every suggestion and appreciate you taking time to help with this giveback project.
  • Can you explain how to use the Multi-Device mode? - You can find Set up Instructions here.
  • Can I make a live translated phone call using 3PO? - For now, both participants require the 3PO app (using the Multi-Device mode). I am exploring the use of 3PO to call a landline with live translation. Stay tuned!

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