Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Google Translate Text-to-Speech Feature Now Supports 34 Languages, inlcuding Latvian

Google Translate Text-to-Speech Feature Now Supports 34 Languages, including Latvian. The speaker unfortunately still sounds like a robot who is talking under water.

Google Translate Teksta-runas funkcija tagad atbalsta 34 valodas, tai skaitā latviešu valodā. Runātājs diemžēl joprojām izklausās kā robots, kurš runā zem ūdens.

At this page, click on the audio translation for a sample of the above translated text.

You still can not replace human translators but Google is getting better at this.

Latvian musicians take New York’s finest stages by storm - Learn Latvian Online

Latvian musicians take New York’s finest stages by storm - Learn Latvian Online

Bring BEREC -- the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications -- to Riga, Latvia

In
Welcome to Latvia - Its Time to Bring the EU to Riga
Ojārs Kalniņš, Director of the Latvian Institute,
makes a case to bring BEREC,
the „Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications”,
to Riga, Latvia.

Latvian design icons « Balticdesign’s blog

Latvian design icons « Balticdesign’s blog

OK, in Latvia, do not speak Russian | Gadling.com

OK, in Latvia, do not speak Russian | Gadling.com

balticbusinessnews.com - Riksbank: Baltics are regaining competitiveness

balticbusinessnews.com - Riksbank: Baltics are regaining competitiveness

balticbusinessnews.com - Latvia’s 90-day overdue loans grew to 18.3%

balticbusinessnews.com - Latvia’s 90-day overdue loans grew to 18.3%

Identity of Latvia's online `Robin Hood' revealed at last - KansasCity.com

Identity of Latvia's online `Robin Hood' revealed at last - KansasCity.com

KMS >> Latvian economy recovering faster than anticipated

KMS >> Latvian economy recovering faster than anticipated

FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in the Baltic states | Reuters

FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in the Baltic states | Reuters

Vietas.lv (Vietas = Places viz. Locations) is an Essential Travel Guide Portal to Latvia

Vietas -- which is a word in Latvian which means "Places viz. Locations" -- is in our opinion one the best travel guide portals to Latvia for its detail of local places. Unfortunately, the English-language registration does not work properly the last time we tried it (today, May 26, 2010) -- which is NOT really essential at all, just annoying. You can without registering still search for locations in Latvia and then switch to an English translation of the page you are looking at.

Vietas is also a bit tricky to use. If you enter just Lejasciems as your search word, for example, you get only 6 objects shown, but if you enter Lejasciema par. (= Parish of Lejasciems) then you get 31 objects, but only if you have the radio button "Objects"selected in the right upper hand corner. No outsider is going to find that second essential link so that Vietas.lv must improve its search algorithm so that the simple entry of Lejasciems also gives not only the town but the surrounding parish objects. Otherwise, visitors will not find some of the most interesting objects in any area.

See
Vietas.lv - Travel Guide of Latvia, Map of Latvia, - towns, districts, travel places, destinations, events, vacation, descriptions, pictures, discussions, articles, commercials and more (Vietas.lv - Latvijas ceļvedis, Latvijas karte, pilsētas, rajoni, tūrisma un citi interesanti objekti, pasākumi)