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Phraselator is a truly mobile PDA based translator which can be
used by foot patrols and combat teams, developed by
VoxTech. The system uses a Intel XScale 400 PXA255 processor running
Windows CE powered pocket PC, loaded with 1,000 spoken English
phrases and their local language equivalents. US troops in
Afghanistan and Iraq have used this device for humanitarian
assistance, in medical, security, travel, and law enforcement
assignments.
Another translation application adapted to combat use
is the Forward Area Language Converter (FALCon),
an Optical Character Recognition and machine translation system
integrated on a
portable computer (laptop PC) for translation foreign languages
documents. the system was designed
and developed by the Army Research Laboratory, based on National
Security Agency (NSA) know-how. It provides the Military Intelligence
Community a quick and reliable way to translate and analyze
captured documents. FALCon can translate up to 47 languages
including Arabic and Asian languages and is being used in both Iraq
and South West Asia.
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