Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish

Re:Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish by larsiusprime on Friday July 30, 2021 @12:16AM (#28004378)

Is it just me or does it seem to last a bit longer on every second play?

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Re:Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish by mavelikara on Friday July 30, 2021 @01:01AM (#28004646)

I think this is a Google Translate feature, and one of my favorite examples of "Do what I mean" UX. If you click again, for any word, it guesses that you didn't get the pronunciation the first time, so it speaks slowly. This is what humans would do too, in this situation.

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Re:Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish by chippy on Friday July 30, 2021 @06:08AM (#28006352)

what a marvelous bit of UX.

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Re:Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish by fallinghawks on Friday July 30, 2021 @01:11AM (#28004701)

Yes, the second one is slowed down to help you hear it better. It does this for all playback in Translate.

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Re:Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish by yout2 on Friday July 30, 2021 @12:23AM (#28004419)

I think it does that for any translation term, I guess so that people can click again to hear it pronounced very clearly.

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Re:Google Translate pronounces 'rooster' in Spanish by sk0g on Friday July 30, 2021 @12:21AM (#28004409)

Just tested with a few common languages, and it seems like the pronunciations alternate. Both sound silly in this case, but one much more so.

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