IBM Donates Handheld Translators To U.S. Military In Iraq

Soldiers and humanitarian workers in Iraq may soon get high-tech help in communicating more effectively with the locals.

Could a new piece of technology save lives in Iraq?

The MASTOR is IBM’s multilingual automatic speech-to-speech translator. The company says it’s giving the U.S. military 1,000 handheld devices and 10,000 copies of the software for laptops for use in the Middle East.

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