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Postby camionpilot » Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:17 pm

Google Pixel Buds . Announced yesterday for 159 $ these will sort all your language difficulties in real time , just got to wait till the Pixel 2 and these hit Europe , A lot of translators are gonna hate these ....!!!!
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Postby maria elena » Fri Oct 06, 2017 10:07 am

Why don’t you just learn Spanish?
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Postby Jan » Fri Oct 06, 2017 12:43 pm

maria elena wrote:Why don’t you just learn Spanish?

If it was 'just' that easy we all would!

Older brains can't learn as quickly and easy as children and younger people, no matter how hard we try. I'm sure most of us know a little Spanish and to speak fluently would be wonderful but most of us over a certain age can only do that in our dreams.
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Postby jpeg » Fri Oct 06, 2017 2:24 pm

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Postby maria elena » Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:42 pm

I’m 64, it’s more to do with really wanting to learn; and practising, practising, and practising again. Join a ‘proper’ school (eg Berlingua) where the teachers are professionally qualified; and go to their conversation classes too. It really does open doors to prospective non-British friends and it’s a great way to hold off dementia (as scientifically proven). If you’re struggling, have some one-to-one lessons taken at your own pace to boost your confidence
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Postby Pete31 » Fri Oct 06, 2017 10:00 pm

Jan wrote:
maria elena wrote:Why don’t you just learn Spanish?

If it was 'just' that easy we all would!

Older brains can't learn as quickly and easy as children and younger people, no matter how hard we try. I'm sure most of us know a little Spanish and to speak fluently would be wonderful but most of us over a certain age can only do that in our dreams.
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Very true Jan not everyone is cut out to learn a foreign language at 68 I find things harder to take in and lets be fair we older peeps got so much info in our brains they are now full. Lol
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Postby Paulr » Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:42 pm

For the uninitiated, an extract from:

https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/04/goo ... the-world/

"The Google Pixel Buds are wireless headphones designed for use with the company's new Pixel 2 handset. Once you've paired the phones to the handset, you can simply tap the right earpiece and issue a command to Google Assistant on the Pixel 2. You can have it play music, give you directions, place a phone call and whatnot, you know, all the standards.

But if you tell it to "Help me speak Japanese" and then start speaking in English, the phone's speakers will output your translated words as you speak them. The other party's reply (presumably in Japanese because otherwise what exactly are you playing at?) will then play into your ear through the Pixel Buds. As Google's onstage demonstration illustrated, there appeared to be virtually zero lag time during the translation, though we'll have to see how well that performance holds up in the real world with wonky WiFi connections, background noise and crosstalk."

I love the idea of being able to hold a telephone conversation in Spanish with the Buds, but more importantly, they could complement our efforts to learn Spanish. It is harder the older we get, but Maria Elena is right, it's good to learn. The amount of times I hear people in the UK complaining that "Johnny Foreigner" should learn our language, yet there are thousands of Brits in Spain who don't bother.

If anyone has tried these out already, I'd love to hear your views.
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Postby lexia » Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:32 pm

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maria elena wrote:I’m 64, it’s more to do with really wanting to learn; and practising, practising, and practising again. Join a ‘proper’ school (eg Berlingua) where the teachers are professionally qualified; and go to their conversation classes too. It really does open doors to prospective non-British friends and it’s a great way to hold off dementia (as scientifically proven). If you’re struggling, have some one-to-one lessons taken at your own pace to boost your confidence
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