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Tactical One-Way Plus Limited Response Language Translation Headset Demonstration Effot
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This awardee has received supplemental funding. This award detail page includes information about both the original award and supplemental awards.
Testing to date with speech-to-speech (S2S)language translation devices has consisted mostly of characterization, experimentation and demonstration rather than true testing and evaluation, something one US Army observer called 'drive-by fieldings.' This has hurt the voice-to-voice translation field by allowing unproductive programs to continue while missing the opportunity to justify expenditures by documenting actual and potential operational contributions from systems that have performed well.
Testing allows evaluators to determine whether speech-to-speech language translation devices have or can make contributions to operational activities by focusing on tasks where users have identified language communication issues.
Integrated Wave Technologies (IWT) will provide professional services using Mr. Timothy S. McCune (Subject Matter Expertise and technical support) to DARPA and JFCOM in deploying speech-to-speech capability to Multinational Security Transition Command -- Iraq. IWT will provide training and technical assistance to support on selected S2S capability; and scenario development work for selected use cases in support of Multinational Security Transition Command -- Iraq.
