Voice to Voice translation in the browser using the Chrome Web Speech API

First couple of tests from English to Spanish worked great. My first thought: the Babelfish from Hitchhiker's Guide is probably only a few years away. Pair this with WordLens on a mobile device and we start breaking down barriers.

Very nice!

Maybe this is due to my settings but every time I click "listen" I need to allow access to my microphone (chrome). This may be related to it being from HTTP rather than HTTPS. Minor bug, really nice demo :)

This voice-to-voice works great.

Is there any particular breakthrough that'd need to happen to make automated translations better? Or is that a problem with no near-perfect solution in mind?

Is there any way to prevent it from hearing its own translations and trying to retranslate them? I got in a loop a few times.