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The e-TAP Arabic machine translations system,consisting of four off-the-shelf dual-processor PCs, translates Arabic TV broadcasts into Arabic and English text.
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Clif Cox and Nigel Snoad of U.N. Joint Logistics Center attach a wireless antenna to the top of the Kuahola Point Litehouse in Kona, Hawaii.
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Developers says the system’s possible 80 to 85 percent accuracy rate for speech recognition is good enough for search/retrieval and allowing a non-Arabic speaker to get the gist of the broadcast so they can direct useful information to a human translator.
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The Strong Angel II joint military and civilan operation is demonstrating a range of open-source tools including a Zope application server that can transfer data off a proprietary Groove 3.0 shared work space. Participants are testing an emergency intercom system for Groove which uses VoIP to create an instant voice message and broadcast system that can be played via laptop hooked up to speakers.
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The Strong Angel II site is testing inexpensive, lightweight "culturally neutral" emergency structures for relief operations including geodesic Yurts and Dynomax emergency shelters based on a Buckminster Fuller design.
