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Timekettle’s LiveTalk earbuds offer AI translation across 54 languages, but spoken audio translation can lag by about seven seconds, according to TechRadar’s review. Text translation is faster, though it depends on a good connection.
Why it mattersThe review says the earbuds also offer 25 offline language pairs and include 200 minutes of translation a month on the free tier. They cost £129 from Timekettle, with TechRadar listing an Amazon price of £134.10. That makes them more useful for prepared turns, lectures or quick exchanges than truly seamless conversation. Babel fish they are not, at least not yet.
Discuss: Would you accept a seven-second delay for translated speech if the earbuds make short conversations easier, or is that too slow to be useful?
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