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iPhone apps: Future Apps rolls out speech-based translators

07.02.2009
When you're trying to pick up the nuances of a different language, it's one thing to see how a phrase translates from English to another tongue, but it's quite another to hear how to pronounce something properly. That's the idea behind newly released line of iSpeak translation-language learning tools for the iPhone and iPod touch.

The apps, built in conjunction with speech specialists , feature a text translator to convert English phrases into other languages. But there's also a text-to-speech feature, which pronounces the translated phrase in the targeted language.

The iSpeak apps come in eight languages: , , , , , , , and . Each app costs US$2. Future Apps says it plans to offer other languages soon.

Because of the text-to-speech feature, each iSpeak app is a pretty large download for an iPhone offering. Apps range in size from 80.5MB for iSpeak French to 182MB for iSpeak Swedish.

Other apps of interest that were recently updated or added to the App Store include:

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