Google to facilitate real-time transcription for Google Translate app

Google on Tuesday previewed an upcoming feature for its Google Translate app, which allows users to transcribe a specific audio while simultaneously translating it into another language, at an event in San Francisco.

The feature, which is still a prototype, will enable users to record audio in a preferred language and render it in another language in real time,The Verge reported. It is similar to a Google recorder app feature which the company had rolled out for all its devices back in December, according to 9to5Google.

As real-time translation is more complicated than existing Google Translate app features, the app will likely require an internet connection. Real-time transcription through AI will be done on Google’s servers and not the device, Engadget reported.