Image Recognition
Google has a new way Save endangered languages: Provides culture with the AI tools needed to protect the language itself.The company launched Woolaroo, Open source photo translation web app (also available from Google Arts & Culture) Android And iOS) Use machine learning and image recognition to protect endangered languages. By simply pointing the smartphone’s camera at the object, the user can have the AI recognize it and explain it in a specific language with pronunciation. This can be especially important for languages that don’t have specific words to describe modern concepts such as phones and computers. The app initially offers a search for 10 languages around the world, including Maori, Yiddish, and Australian indigenous Yuganbe. But you wouldn’t be surprised if it expanded rapidly.UNESCO Decision Of the estimated 6,000 languages in the world, “at least” 2,572 face at least some danger.