nativetext Promises to Translate Feeds
If you're interested in seeing the future of the Web, look no further than this gigundo list of Web apps developed using Ruby on Rails. I am putting up links to a bunch of these on my linkblog. Some are operating, others are just placeholder sites.
One Web app. that really stands out is nativetext. This site promises to fulfill a really important need in the emerging world of consumer generated media. It will translate RSS feeds from blogs and podcasts into foreign languages. The list of languages is really long - Spanish, French, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hungarian, Czech, Greek, Portugese, Russian, German and more. The site isn't in beta yet, but I can't wait to give it a go.
"foreign language translation is performed by humans, not machines." Wow ... wondering how this can scale
Posted by: Zoli Erdos | Sunday, February 19, 2006 at 08:54 PM
Although as you know I'm a fan of organic logos, this looks like a company Woody Harrelson could be proud of... ;)
Posted by: scott | Sunday, February 19, 2006 at 10:34 PM
Steve,
Yep, NativeText looks really cool. I got word of it back in December:
NativeText - Translate Your Podcast
I can't wait for the beta test!
Posted by: Pete Cashmore | Monday, February 20, 2006 at 08:18 AM
Perhaps NativeText will get more international associations involved in blogging.. . they need more non top/down ways for members to connect, cross-consult and otherwise collaborate
Posted by: Kare Anderson | Monday, February 20, 2006 at 07:18 PM