{{Short description|Offline language translation application}} '''Jibbigo''' was a mobile offline language translation application that was developed by Mobile Technologies, LLC and Dr. Alex Waibel, a professor at Carnegie Mellon.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10094/1047474-51.stm#ixzz1E2twrE3g |title=Software developers steering creative energy toward burgeoning app market |accessdate=2011-02-15 |quote=Some, such as the speech-to-speech Jibbigo app created by Carnegie Mellon University professor Alex Waibel, retail for around $25. |date=April 4, 2010|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette }}</ref> Jibbigo is an offline voice translator and does not need phone or data connectivity to function.<ref>{{cite web|last=Walsh |first=Larry |url=http://blog.iphoneguide.com/2009/11/no-hable-espanol-no-problem-wi.html |title=Enterprise Mobile Blog |publisher=Blog.iphoneguide.com |date= |accessdate=2015-07-24}}</ref> Spanish-English Jibbigo was released in September, 2009 as the first offline Speech Translation application.<ref>[http://www.jibbigo.com/website/news/news?start=30] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914080836/http://www.jibbigo.com/website/news/news?start=30 |date=September 14, 2011 }}</ref> The company has since expanded its offerings to include ten language pairs sold on both Apple's App Store and Google Play.
In Jibbigo, the user holds down a record button and says a phrase. The phrase then appears as text in both languages and is spoken aloud in the target language. The app also includes an add name function, a background dictionary, and other features. On iOS, it is compatible with VoiceOver for vision impaired users.
Jibbigo was featured on an episode of "Popular Science - Future Of" by the Science Channel in early 2010<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/jibbigo#p/a/u/1/uPsy1yuuLZQ |title=jibbigo |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2015-07-24}}</ref> and the PBS Nova episode "The Smartest Machine on Earth"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/smartest-machine-on-earth/ |title=NOVA | Smartest Machine on Earth |publisher=Pbs.org |date= |access-date=2015-07-24}}</ref> in 2011. In August 2013, it was announced that Facebook was acquiring the company.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Malia |last=Spencer |date=August 13, 2013 |title= Facebook acquires Pittsburgh tech firm |newspaper=Pittsburgh Business Times |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/morning-edition/2013/08/facebook-acquires-pittsburgh-tech-firm.html |accessdate=August 13, 2013 }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.jibbigo.com/}}
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