Babelwith.me, a free new service created by LifeChurch.tv, is a dead-simple way to communicate in real time to anyone anywhere in the world.
I had the pleasure of test driving it yesterday and I was super impressed; I was able to conversate in Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and a little French (a few languages that I know) and the translations were excellent.
Birthed out of an obvious need for the ministry that we do in the online space, we now have the opportunity for more rapid and effective communication. Implementation via Google Translate’s API and Google App Engine’s Python platform looks flawless.
You can also invite your friends via Twitter, Facebook, or email to join you in a conversation without language barriers via a unique URL.
Some additional features for future releases include:
- Vanity URLs
- Private Conversations
- Mobile Smartphone compatibility
- Desktop to Mobile communication
- and more.
Really, an unbelievable job by Team Digerati, and what an awesome application with near-unlimited potential.
Did the world just get smaller, or was that just me?
This really is an amazing and great tool!
isn't it!
Played around with this a bit and was impressed. Looking forward to private conversation spaces.
Have you checked out? http://meglobe.com/ Looks like a slightly different approach, but similar take on real time translation of chat posts.
I thought you'd be excited…heh
Whether I am the leader, or the encourager in the movement, I don't care only that the body of Christ is given the opportunity to function like the global body it is……(Thanks for thinking of me!)
Killer App. Slight stigma with the name. Had a few twitter bounce backs.
yeah, the name is an interesting choice. i wonder how many people will “get” it.