Can Talkman help you score with foreigners?

Posted Jun 30, 2006 at 1:03PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PSP Tags: Gamespot, London
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It's the age old question - Can Talkman for the PSP help you score with foreigners? Apparently, the game's Japanese designer wanted a way of chatting up a Spanish girl that he liked, as he didn't speak the language; and had a brainwave. Obviously the idea of chatting up members of the opposite sex whilst on holiday would be the only reason to use something like Talkman, so wouldn't you like to know how effective it is? Gamespot decided to put this translation to test in the city of London.

The result is...rather unsuccessful. The chat up lines aren't the best, and although I haven't met the Japanese designer, I can't imagine he has much success with women. Most of the time the software gets the phrases wrong, so if you are going to use this, I suggest you use the pre-defined conversations rather than the voice translation. As for the other person, just hope that they know how to use Talkman!

Besides, I don't know any girls that would like any guy to shove a PSP in their face and start asking 'where is your apartment'.




Via Gamespot

 
 
 

Comments

by - 2006-06-30 13:34:21
HAHAHAHH

IM THE FIRST BABY ***** ME OFF
by - 2006-06-30 13:35:21
A bit off topic but

whats wrong with his teeth?...>_< he should worry about his teeth instead of how good this game is...lol oh yeah...its ok i guess
by - 2006-06-30 13:39:57
london?

of course his teeth are fuct up. he's from england.
by - 2006-06-30 13:42:39
erm

Is it just me or did that guy have his eyes shut most of the time?
by - 2006-06-30 13:53:13
Talkman

where can i buy Talkman i live in brooklyn NY.
by - 2006-06-30 13:53:43
haha you are funny

fat american. touche
by - 2006-06-30 14:39:33
hrm

anyone else notice the amount of incredibly fine spanish girls that live in spain?! how did he manage to find the most ugliest spanish girl in the uk!? im thinking it was a bright day hence his eyes were closed; and to all you american's who think brits all talk like the queen; you are a f*****g retard; stereotyping moron. post 2 & 3; do you guys not have teeth? you know white things that have grown in your mouth? you use them to chew all the food you eat... ...dipsh**s - please pspupdates do as lifehacker.com do and only allow registered users to post comments, and only allow permission to register to people who have contributed an article or something to your site, im sick of the 1st posts and bs that tends to follow the bottom of your pages. Cheers
by Cao - 2006-06-30 14:53:47
??

THE ***** IS WRONG WITH HIS EYES LMAO
by - 2006-06-30 15:00:57
o..americans ..when will you learn

americans talking about teeth ? .ha you fattys are the ones that use them the most... hows that for sterotypical?
by - 2006-06-30 15:53:18
lol

lame it doesnt even work well... and he's right about the last thing he said !!!!!
by - 2006-06-30 18:27:34
yay

lmao the british came back on us. good comeback!! btw this thing looks *****in retarted. and youd never pick up hott girl prob not even a prostitute. theyll laugh in your face
by RaiderX - 2006-06-30 19:29:43
talkman...

sukks
by - 2006-06-30 20:25:02
bad editing??

that video sucks. the editing is all crazy and you cant even really see how the software works. Either that or the game is absolutely f*ed up. Like in the video she says something in spanish and the next scene shows choices of phrases in english. Doesnt it have to translate what she said before you choose another phrase to say in response??
by - 2006-07-01 07:59:01
Don't like it

I'm from Spain and let me say the video is quite ridiculous, the sentence about the weather is not even correctly translated on the PSP screen LOL
by - 2006-07-01 11:43:04
i've been to london

and we definitely have girls in the U.S. that look much better than this... and the whole teeth thing, it's ok that you guys don't know what good hygiene, a dentist, or an orthodontist is, it's ok, you'll learn one day...
by - 2006-07-02 06:57:41
Well, it's no surprise he got those results.

First of all, you're supposed to speak into the microfone at a distance of 8 inches, and he had his mouth right next to it. Also, the game clearly states that it doesn't recognize dialects and accents, and that guy was hardly speaking RP (BBC/queens english). I haven't had much problems with it to be honest. Then again, I haven't used it much. Got a promo version a few weeks back that I've been playing with.
by - 2006-07-02 13:41:13
chill

ppl who make hombrew items and ppl who use it should really stop using this because sony might cancel the launch of any more PSP's because of the lost in its profits so chill for the sake of all PSP users
by - 2006-07-02 16:45:40
@ # 17

stfu moron.
by - 2006-07-02 22:01:40
LOL

WOW!!! if your picking up chicks with a game console as the only way of communication you *****ing screwed what if the psp dies do u just go the rest of the day not talking to each other until you find a charger wow ok sorry but picking people up with the psp for language communication is gay but the game would be a good way to practice speaking another language

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