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The war in Iraq is costing approximately $8-10 billion and 60-100 U.S. service members' lives each month. Before we can leave Iraq with honor, the U.S. must first successfully train Iraqi soldiers and police to maintain their own security. This is one point that both Democrats and Republicans agree on – that training Iraqis is the top priority of the U.S. military.
To be successful in the training mission, U.S. service members must first be able to communicate with the Iraqi soldiers and police they are training. Arabic-speaking interpreters are used when they are available; however, there continues to be an alarming lack of qualified interpreters, who are difficult to recruit and retain due to the extremely dangerous nature of the job. This shortage of interpreters puts the success of the entire training mission in jeopardy.
Train Iraqis Without an InterpreterFluential creates practical 2-way speech translation applications that eliminate language barriers for specific missions. So rather than providing a "Universal Translator" that translates poorly across multiple missions, S-MINDS is focused, optimized, and highly accurate for specific missions – and training Iraqi soldiers and police is an ideal use for the capabilities of today's technology.
There are other speech translation systems, including 1-way systems that are field-ready today and prototypes of the "Universal Translator" that may be available in the future. However, S-MINDS is the only 2-way speech translation solution that is field-ready for the training mission today. S-MINDS makes training more effective by ensuring that both the U.S. trainers and their Iraqi trainees understand each other.
Immediate Benefits of S-MINDS- 2-way translation – enabling effective communication for the broad range of interactions needed for the training mission.
- Highly accurate – with vocabulary tailored to the mission of training Iraqis.
- Available 24/7 – allowing you to communicate effectively with the Iraqi soldiers and police any time you need to.
- Hands-free/eyes-free operation – easy to use with just voice commands, so you can focus on your job, not operating the equipment.
- Extremely robust to noise – ensuring that S-MINDS works in the field, not just in a quiet classroom.
- Rugged equipment – for reliable performance in the field.
- Lightweight with long battery life – S-MINDS works on a small wearable computer and weighs just 3 lbs, so you can bring translation capabilities with you wherever you need them.
- Wireless option – allowing you to use S-MINDS while leaving your computer in the Humvee or your rucksack.
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