In today's economy, businesses need to have a fast-paced, global reach in order to compete. Large corporations can afford to hire employees who speak a variety of languages and put them in strategic ...

Douglas Adams' Babel fish may not exist outside of the fictional universe, but Google is working on the next best thing: a real-time universal language translator. Michelle Starr is CNET's science ...

Researchers at Microsoft have made software that can learn the sound of your voice, and then use it to speak a language that you don’t. The system could be used to make language tutoring software more ...

According to Apple, Siri, the iPhone 4S’ virtual voice-based assistant, will gain support for additional languages in 2012. While international users are still waiting for Siri to support the creation ...