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Babelwith.me Launches: Real-Time Chat with the World (and More)

Posted by John Saddington on Jun 19, 2009

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Babelwith.me, a free new service created by LifeChurch.tv, is a dead-simple way to communicate in real time to anyone anywhere in the world.

I had the pleasure of test driving it yesterday and I was super impressed; I was able to conversate in Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and a little French (a few languages that I know) and the translations were excellent.

Birthed out of an obvious need for the ministry that we do in the online space, we now have the opportunity for more rapid and effective communication. Implementation via Google Translate’s API and Google App Engine’s Python platform looks flawless.

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You can also invite your friends via Twitter, Facebook, or email to join you in a conversation without language barriers via a unique URL.

Some additional features for future releases include:

  • Vanity URLs
  • Private Conversations
  • Mobile Smartphone compatibility
  • Desktop to Mobile communication
  • and more.

Really, an unbelievable job by Team Digerati, and what an awesome application with near-unlimited potential.

Did the world just get smaller, or was that just me?

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch.He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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9 Responses to “Babelwith.me Launches: Real-Time Chat with the World (and More)”

  1. JakeSchwein
    Friday, June 19, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    This really is an amazing and great tool!

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  2. Daniel_Berman
    Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 12:11 am

    Played around with this a bit and was impressed. Looking forward to private conversation spaces.

    Have you checked out? http://meglobe.com/ Looks like a slightly different approach, but similar take on real time translation of chat posts.

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    • stephenbateman
      Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 3:49 am

      I thought you'd be excited…heh

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      • Daniel_Berman
        Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 4:57 am

        Whether I am the leader, or the encourager in the movement, I don't care only that the body of Christ is given the opportunity to function like the global body it is……(Thanks for thinking of me!)

        Reply
  3. Michael Gray
    Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 5:48 am

    Killer App. Slight stigma with the name. Had a few twitter bounce backs.

    Reply
    • human3rror
      Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 11:39 am

      yeah, the name is an interesting choice. i wonder how many people will \”get\” it.

      Reply

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