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Jibbigo was a mobile offline language translation application that was developed by Mobile Technologies, LLC and Dr. Alex Waibel, a professor at Carnegie Mellon. [1] Jibbigo is an offline voice translator and does not need phone or data connectivity to function. [2] Spanish-English Jibbigo was released in September, 2009 as the first offline Speech Translation application. [3] The company has since expanded its offerings to include ten language pairs sold on both Apple's App Store and Google Play.

In Jibbigo, the user holds down a record button and says a phrase. The phrase then appears as text in both languages and is spoken aloud in the target language. The app also includes an add name function, a background dictionary, and other features. On iOS, it is compatible with VoiceOver for vision impaired users.

Jibbigo was featured on an episode of "Popular Science - Future Of" by the Science Channel in early 2010 [4] and the PBS Nova episode "The Smartest Machine on Earth" [5] in 2011. In August 2013, it was announced that Facebook was acquiring the company. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Software developers steering creative energy toward burgeoning app market". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . April 4, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-15. Some, such as the speech-to-speech Jibbigo app created by Carnegie Mellon University professor Alex Waibel, retail for around $25.
  2. ↑ Walsh, Larry. "Enterprise Mobile Blog". Blog.iphoneguide.com. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  3. ↑ Archived September 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "jibbigo". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  5. ↑ "NOVA | Smartest Machine on Earth". Pbs.org. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  6. ↑ Spencer, Malia (August 13, 2013). "Facebook acquires Pittsburgh tech firm". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
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