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Life & fun · October 25, 2010

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415-483-1860 twilio-translator

@andrewacove and i built this in a few hours at the apihackday. if you like it tweet it up. this is mostly for fun, but it should translate any phrase to the best of the twilio transcription service.

415-483-1860 twilio-translator launched on October 25, 2010 with 21 votes, #10 of 55 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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Twilio-translator is a tool that uses Twilio's transcription service to translate phrases. Built quickly at an API hackday, it takes input text and processes it through Twilio's transcription capabilities. The project is presented as a fun experiment rather than a serious application, designed for users interested in exploring what Twilio's speech recognition can do with various phrases and languages.

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