Winning hearts and minds with the Phrasealator
[Archived in Entry, Handheld Device]
mike on 2003/03/31:
„The Phrasealator is a handheld device in a black plastic case about the size of an eggbox that military officials hoped would be a high tech tool to help English speaking soldiers communicate with Iraqi farmers. Users run a stylus down a series of menus on a screen, pick a phrase in English, touch the line, and the Phrasealator squawks the equivalent in Arabic. As it turns out, according to this piece from the Guardian, it's not helping much at all....“
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