Oh am I embarrassed? By the Richard and Judy show on Channel 4 (UK) of all people. They did a brilliant spoof. They had this guy who had developed a gadget called the Babylon. It had two loudspeakers each with a button with the British and German flags. This gadget was able to receive speech in say English and if you then pressed the button – the words would not only be translated – but would come out in your own voice in the other language.
Oh on our drive home – all the way from Bournemouth – what a fantastic gadget – we reckoned they would sell it at about £250 – but that it would drop to around £30 over the next few years. Then using the technology – you could have phones – where you speak in one language and it appears that you are talking in another. And – why it would be easy to get it to translate into text for mobile phones – and on and on.
It wasn’t until Southampton – it dawned – April 1st – we have been had – well and truly – well done Richard and Judy.