IT: Mobile phone guides tourists
(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2006-07-24 16:49
A Beijing information service company began offering translation and tour
guide services to foreign travelers in the city via a mobile phone that can
"listen, think and speak," Xinhua news agency said today.
"The intelligent mobile phone is based on a voice-recognition system," said
Chen Xinxiang, board chairman of the company, during a promotional event
yesterday in Beijing.
"It provides Chinese translations and multi-language information services,"
said Chen. "This service will help foreigners avoid communication embarrassments
while sight-seeing, shopping, dining or renting a car during their stay
here."
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