I actually did (was going to travel internationally), and it wasn't as useful as you'd think. I would be talking to someone, and in the background someone else would be talking, and it would translate both people.

Only worked in a 1:1 in a quiet place. Still, can't complain for free.

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bahmboo 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

As sister comments have pointed out, I find that it's very much dependent on the phone you're using. If it can't even show me a waveform then I don't think it's going to be able to tease out any sort of speech

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BeetleB 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I was using Google's Translate app.

	▲	bahmboo 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sorry I wasn't clear. It's about the hardware microphone. They're usually optimized to filter out far field sounds and only focus on near field sounds. So if you're trying to understand a conversation from even 10 ft away, it can be a problem. Not saying that's the situation that you encountered, but it does make sense that a $50 phone versus a $500 phone might have different capabilities when it comes to the microphone

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tonyhart7 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"Only worked in a 1:1 in a quiet place"

well then its not model problem

	▲	BeetleB 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's not a model problem, but it is a SW problem. It should be able to distinguish nearby people from people farther away and give me options to set a threshold on who to include.