Beijing to go wireless for Olympic Games

Wireless technology will help visitors at the 2008 Beijing Olympics navigate the city and cope with the language barrier. [via vnunet]

A mobile application called Cityguide will help tourists find their way around the Chinese capital.

The application, which will be downloadable to various handheld devices and mobile phones, will use a ubiquitous wireless network being deployed across Beijing for the Games.

The system accesses a database of travel and tourism content for the city, as well as providing a tool that can translate English text into spoken Mandarin, using text-to-speech technology.

The application will be capable of playing back thousands of phrases in such as directing taxi drivers to any hotel or restaurant listed in the guide.

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