In The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams wrote of what was “probably the oddest thing in the Universe,” the Babel fish: a small, yellow, leech-like fish that sits in an ear and helps you “instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language.” Since most of us don’t have access to small translating fish to stick in our ears while we travel, we have to come up with other devices. The latest addition to the panoply of translation devices is the pocket-size, AI-powered Langogo.
Because this was funded through IndieGoGo, it needed a lot of extra features to lure in potential funders and hit its fundraising goal. To that end, in your ultimate Billy Mays voice: But wait there’s more! Langogo also works as an international hot spot in 72 countries, letting six devices connect to the internet at once, a godsend for digital nomads or traveling families desperate not to go over their international data packages. Langogo also threw in a portable voice AI trip adviser named Euri that you can ask for restaurant recommendations or tourist tips or Wi-Fi hookups while on the road.
Langogo is currently available on Amazon starting at $299. That said, Google Translate is still free although not nearly as seamless and with fewer add-ons.
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