VoiceTra4U translation app

This item appears on page 36 of the May 2015 issue.

The VoiceTra4U app can translate spoken English into 26 languages. To use the app, select the input and output languages, speak into your phone as you would on a call, and the app will translate your words into text and (in 13 languages) audible speech.

Your phone must have network access for the app to work. Available on iTunes and Google Play, the app is free, but a user may have to pay for data usage, depending on his phone contract.