Multilingual event technology and services provider Interprefy has unveiled Interprefy Aivia, the world’s first advanced automated speech translation service for online and live events.
Able to pick up and translate speech in real-time, the artificial intelligence (AI) based real-time translation solution is the first of its kind to be made available to the public, bringing accurate, AI-translated audio and captions to global audiences at the touch of a button.
The solution will be available in 24 languages and regional accents initially, with many more to come in the near future. It is immediately available for in-person audiences, as well as for major platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and ON24.
Interprefy Aivia completes Interprefy’s end-to-end remote interpreting offering by providing a cost-effective AI-powered real-time translation solution for scenarios like webinars, training, town halls, or conferences.
Oddmund Braaten, CEO at Interprefy, opined that the company has “produced he most accurate and flexible AI speech translation tool available on the market today”, AI will not be a substitute for professional interpreters in certain scenarios such as “diplomatic conversations, or regulatory sessions” as they are able to “read the audience and provide nuanced localisation to accommodate sarcasm, humour, or idioms”.
While remote interpretation technology continues to grow the demand for simultaneous interpretation, AI can provide a high-quality solution for market segments where nuance is rare.
“Aivia can provide language access where the support from professional interpreters is considered impractical or unaffordable. Simultaneous interpretation is still a premium service today, and AI can help make language access available for a wide range of organisations and events with smaller budgets”, Braaten concluded.
