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Sony Announces TALKMAN |
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Sony Computer Entertainment of Japan (SCEJ) has announced the TALKMAN for the PSP. The TALKMAN will become the first speech recognition device for the PSP.
The TALKMAN will connect a microphone to the USB port of the PSP. TALKMAN will be bundled with special software (and most likely a 2.0 update) to allow for four languages to be spoken and translated. Languages are to include Japanese, Chinese, English and Korean and will be translated via speech recognition. The pronunciation of the languages can also be checked and there will be a game mode for single person, perhaps to learn a new language. More info will be known at the Tokyo Game Show this weekend lasting from the 16th to the 18th this September.
TALKMAN is expected to be for sale this November 17th, unknown if it will be a world release at the same time. The price will be 5,800 Yen (about $53US), and will include the USB microphone.
The USB microphone (PSP-240) is a monaural condenser microphone which will weigh approximately 6 grams and measures 50x10x10mm (width x height x depth)
This is really a great product to see coming from Sony, I really can’t wait to get one for myself!
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And this was planned a while ago, so don't complain about it becoming like DS (DS doesn't have these graphics :P)
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OWNED, BACK TO KINDERGARTEN FOR YOU KIDDIES, NO WONDER YOU BOW TO THE DS
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Some of you act like no matter what Nintendo makes you automatically turn into an ass and whip out the weak "kiddy" tsg if the role was reversed and Nintendo made a PSP like machine and Sony made the DS you would still call it "kiddy" ..grow up.
Both are good handhelds but these ad on things for either system are dumb,just put it in the mahine in the first place for hells sake.
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If DS is so kiddy why is it getting resident evil and Xenosaga ^_^
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--Agent Stewie
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PSP-240
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....XD
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What, so the PSP cant have voice communication? Tell me, is that innovative in the DS? No. Mics have been around forever, its not like the PSP is "turning into the DS", its simply allowing players to voice chat now. Big whoop.
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Hehe... Also would be nice to see if someone could be able to make other USB devices work with the PSP (maybe a GPS or a DVB-T reciver)
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a nice simple UI with no nintendo-like characters woulda been MUCH better.
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Doesn't the psp HAVE a headset jack...?
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It would have been great If I had the TALKMAN during my Japan trip in 2003...Those Japanese realy speak bad English. If at all...
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Yeah right, once Sony adds a Web Browser, a media player to watch movies, music player, a picture viewer with the possiblity of an add on camera, a game library that includes titles that appeal to those of us older than 12 including games like GTA, Madden, and Socom, Connectivity thats involves more than raising pikachu animal dots, accessories like movie-watching docks with a remote control, and a large vibrant screen that complements its processor fast enough to handle all the above, once they add all that to the PSP, then it'll be just like a DS. Minus the annoying plastic pen banging against a small screen of course.
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PSP has everything, sweet games and graphics, and homebrew
DS has a touch screen, advance wars, and ****ty graphics
PSP - 1
DS - 0
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