In the novel, “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,” Douglas Adams described a Babel fish as a “small, yellow, and leech-like” device that you stick in your ear. In Star Trek, it is known simply as the universal language translator.
Whatever you call it, there is no doubting the practical value of a device that is capable of translating any language into another. In this workshop, learn how to build a babel fish app that recognizes voice and converts it to text (speech-to-text), translates the text to a language of your choice, and converts translated text to synthesized speech (text-to-speech).
This is an invite-only event, so you must register if you want to attend.
Maciej Chmielarz has been working in the IT sector since 2008. His experience comes from leading Polish and global technology companies that develop unique engineering solutions.
Currently, he works at Amazon Development Center Poland on the development of speech synthesis technology. He willingly shares his knowledge, gives lectures on software testing, speaks at conferences and meetups and actively participates in their organization.
He is passionate about cyber-security and building information technology awareness in the society.
At Amazon, our evolution has been driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of our DNA.
The scope and scale of what we do to delight customers challenge Amazonians to be resourceful, invent and simplify, meet high standards, raise the bar and embrace a high degree of change and ambiguity.
The Amazon Development Center Poland's teams of developers and researchers work on revolutionizing the way users interact with Amazon products and services. We focus on distributed systems and technologies such as Text-to-Speech and Natural Language Understanding to make a real difference to customers by inventing, enhancing, and building world-class softwares. We use a wide variety of programming languages such as Java, Python, Ruby, and JavaScript; Open Source technologies such as Linux, Ruby on Rails, and AngularJS; and Amazon’s world-leading AWS platform.
The Alexa Speech team makes Alexa speak and sound as natural as a human being. Our team implements new features to let Alexa skill developers use a rich variety of mechanisms to deliver the exceptional experience to Alexa users. We make sure that Alexa cloud-based voice service is available on tens of millions of devices from Amazon and third-party device manufacturers. With our service, Alexa skill developers can build natural voice experiences that offer customers a more intuitive way to interact with the technology they use every day.
